Down in the basement finally starting some of our favorite crops; basil, frisee and Tuscan kale (Lacinato). We’ll start tomatoes in about 3 weeks. We like yellow brandywines because they are heirloom, big and unlike many yellows, taste like tomatoes. We’ll do a few Mr. Stripies mostly for the color – some kind of hybrid red like Top Sirloin and I’m leaning toward a pleated beauty called Genovese to round it out. Yes we grow way too many tomatoes. In bike news the Bottecchia is spotless and ready to roll but another shaky forecast for the week ahead so I’m ready with one of my old Schwinns with fenders and aggressive road tires if necessary.
I want to pick up a steel bike – BAD, but I’m waiting for somebody to trade in an Assenmacher – he doesn’t make ‘em anymore… Maybe if I ask, really, really nice.
Decent steel bikes seem harder and harder to come by and I have to tell you both my 80s vintage Le Tours ride like a dream on level terrain. Climbing hills? Not so much.
That’s the trick here in SE Michigan there are no hills… Or so I’ve been told, though I’ve thought about kicking that guy a time or two,
Yeah surprising how no one ever notices hills in a car and then you get out on your bike and it’s a different world. That said, if you are going to ride a bicycle you have to embrace the hills and wind and rain and cold and etc etc etc
Unfortunately, the guy who told me there are no hills in SE Michigan is the same guy I want to build my bike… The smart @$$.
je suis fan de tomate j en cultive dans mon jardin , et je suis fan de vélo que je pratique aussi , bye!
Beautiful. Tomatoes are very good for you.
My grandma grew way too many last year and canned them. My family and I still have tons and tons of canned tomatoes. And we’re about to start growing more. I can’t wait till spring here in the U.S. We’re just now seeing the first signs of it in the south.
Una Bonita Composición, Es Una Fotografía Original… Un Saludo.