It’s been another bumper crop season for me and also time to learn more. The biggest lesson this year? I’ve been overwatering my tomato plants for decades! I’m putting in a pool this summer and the workers have destroyed about a third of my garden. They also broke all the water lines going to the garden so it was all manual watering this summer. I watered less than I ever have and had the biggest tomato crop ever! 

Take a look at these leeks. Notice the 6-7 inches of white on them. All easy to do and you won’t usually find this amount of white on leeks at the store. But, that is the most prized part of the leek for chefs. These happen to be king Richard leeks and I wish I had grown more of them. You really need to plan for these and plant early in the year. For the winter I’ve got Megaton starts all ready to go into the garden this weekend. These are so good. If you’ve never had homemade leeks, you’re really missing out. Give this one a try: they are classic to put into something like clam chowder.