I guess I wasn’t sure what to expect from these, having compulsively picked up so many varieties of tomato at the plant nursery. As it turned out, they are a sort of cherry tomato. Sweet, yes, but the can’t even begin to compare to my Sweet Millions.
The plant is a heavy producer, we had way more of these little guys than we could eat. The were very pretty in salads and salsa, but you could easily get that color from a more flavorful tomato. I won’t plant this variety again, but I’m glad I tried something new.
Oliver’s Bungalow Blog
Sweet Millions Cherry Tomatoes
A bowl full of cherries!
Cherry tomatoes, that is. Our all-time favourite sweet summer snacker, the Sweet Millions variety of cherry tomato is one we didn’t even plant this year. But enough volunteers came up to keep us well supplied for tomato-basil-mozzarella salad. And we still had enough to share with our neighbor.
But I can tell you, I will definitely plant this variety- on purpose- next year. Picking through the tangle of volunteers sprawled all over the ground was no fun. I have half a mind to try them in the hanging baskets on my porch…
How Oliver Spent His Summer
Sorry we’ve been gone for so long. But we are going to get back into the swing of things. I have lots of pictures to post; tomatoes, embroidery, clean living room, and of course, Oliver.
Oli spent as much time as possible on the porch this summer. He does so enjoy sunning himself. Even when it is too hot for the rest of us, he wants to be out.
He particularly loves lying in wait on the front porch to jump out and startle passers-by. I’m always surprised how many people know him by name.
We’ll have more posts very soon, I promise. And we’ll try to keep up with our blogging a bit better.
Mosaic Tile Pattern Designer
I found it!
http://americanolean.com/mosaic_design.cfm
Turns out it was American Olean, I just overlooked it somehow.
This mosaic pattern design tool is my favorite.
Hex and Square and Pennyround Tiles!
My dear friend Josh is hard at work on his old house. His upcoming project is the downstairs bath. Tucked in under the staircase to the second floor, it is a tiny space. Currently, it has a sink and toilet, but Josh plans to steal enough space from the adjoining kitchen to add a shower stall.
Josh also plans to revamp his upstairs bath in the future, so just like us, he is making sure he has all the necessities covered before he tears things out upstairs.
For his tiny downstairs bath, Josh has his mind set on 8″ square tiles. Normally, everything Josh does to his antique house is perfect, so I was surprised at this. I think he should use small mosaic tiles, be it hex, square or penny round.
To this, I have compiled a short list of links to help sway him to my way of thinking. I thought I would share them with you, too.
Loads of gorgeous pictures at American Restoration Tile:
http://www.restorationtile.com/index.html
For the love of marble tile:
http://www.besttile.com/index.php?mact=Products,cntnt01,details,0&cntnt01category=Marble%20Collection&cntnt01pagelimit=12&cntnt01summarytemplate=Category-Line-List&cntnt01productid=285&cntnt01returnid=99
Envision your room with American Olean:
http://ao.swatchbox.com/EnvisionYourRoom/main.asp
http://americanolean.com/catalog.cfm?c=51
If you feel like playing with patterns, check out Freestyle from marbledesigner.com:
http://www.marbledesigner.com/index.html
Or mosaic maximizer:
http://www.mosaicmaximizer.com/max/MaxP.html
I haven’t sent him my list yet. I remember playing with a mosaic tile pattern creator that was even better than the two above. I thought it might have been DalTile or American Olean, but no. Can anybody help me out?
Any other links I can send to Josh to help him fall in love with mosaic tiles?
Green Bungalow Craftworks 