Those tomatoes look good! My husband and I decided we're going to follow our neighbors' lead and plant a vegetable garden next year, hoping to cut down on the cost of food. We planted basil a couple of years ago, and we had it coming out of our ears. We made homemade pesto more times than I could count.

My daffodils know nothing of the cold snap -- the flowers I thought were supposed to bloom in the spring continue to display themselves anew, with four or five fresh blooms currently present. I've had them blooming into November before!

As for your tomatoes? Tomatoes ... baaaaad. An unfortunate allergy precludes me from enjoying these acid-filled goodies -- even though I used to be able to pluck one from the garden and eat it without worry.

I've been told that allergies can come or go at any time in your life. I'd like to see this one skedaddle -- especially since I now seem to have an issue with goldenrod or some other thing floating in the air this time of year that never seemed to affect me before. GRRRR!!

That's what I always thought till I met the daffodils that never die. I've already deadheaded a bunch of them and pulled out the dried up brown stalks that are very stick-like and, still, they bloom. I'm thinking that my townhouse may have been built on steroids.

Daffodills have bulbs and come up every year...unless you dig up the bulbs of coarse...

My dad and his wife are in the process of pickling. They tried to make a batch garlic pickles, but it was a bit too strong on the garlic, anyone have any tips I could pass along?