Christiana Aretta writes a journal about food, photography, & toys.

→ She also tells stories through design and photography.

Tomato Fuzz

The source of my favorite scent of summer and the world’s cheapest time machine.

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Yellow Cowhorn Salsa

Yellow tomatoes play the role of Juicy Meaty in this year’s first summer salsa, alongside cowhorns as Deepsmoke Spicy and cherry tomatoes as Lil RedTart.

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The Comeback Kids

Less zombie, more frilly.

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June & Her Colors

“All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.” -Marc Chagall

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I See Yoooooo…

Cue Jaws music as the gardener moves in steadily and craftily for the kill, errr… harvest.

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Pop That Cherry

Tomato, that is. Flagrant exhibitionists, the tomatoes hide their immature, underage seedy green hearts beneath their every burgeoning, curvaceous fruit.

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The Aliens Have Landed

The first pod has been deployed and is growing at a rather non-alarming rate. Hopefully it won’t be ripe until I find a recipe for Facehugger Baba Ghannoush.

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Whatever You Can Afford: The Introduction

Chapter one of my firsthand experience with a visit to the emergency room at Bethesda Suburban Hospital and the ensuing bills.

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If the Shoe errr, Bug Fits…

You know you can safely refer to yourself as an “avid gardener” when you have a tub of ladybugs in your fridge. #NuffSaid

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The Good, the Ehh & The Ugly

Beans, peppers, tomatoes, chard and zombie kale… oh my!

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