Sep 052026
 

Season of The Sticks

Phil has a question:

How many of you thought that was a song about hockey.

Hazy Shade of Winter

Garden and Gun –  Claire Williams – An Entertaining Pro’s Easy, Elegant Roasted Tomato Soup

Boys of Summer

India Hicks: Entertaining, with a Side of Chaos

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.

Xun Kuang

Martha Stewart – How to Can Tomatoes the Right Way

Frugal Farm Wife – How to Can Peaches

Southern Living – Sara Massouleh McCay – 10 Southern Pies Everyone Should Bake At Least Once In Their Lifetime

Frugal Farm Wife – Italian Peasant Soup

Summertime

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

John Lubbock

Peach and Heirloom Tomato Salad

Summertime Blues

Tomato Peach Salad

Good Vibrations

Peach Tomato Salad

Tomato and Citrus Salad

Summer In The City

Tomato Salad

Heirloom Tomato Salad

Southern Living – Alana Al-Hatlani – This 1 Crunchy Ingredient Makes Every Tomato Sandwich Better

Phil has a question:

Why.

Southern Living  – Rick Bragg – There’s Only 1 Way To Eat A Tomato Sandwich

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

Simple Man

Phil has a question:

With good homemade sourdough and a tomato fresh from the garden do you even need mayonnaise.

When making a tomato sandwich do you remember to pick 2 so there’s one for the sandwich.

How about a garden fresh cucumber as a crunchy side.

Dining and Cooking – Why Sparkling Wine Is The Best Drink To Pair With Tomato Sandwiches

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

Johan Cruyff

Brooks Wines –  9 Seriously Delicious Ways to Pair Wine and Tomatoes

If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele

George Best

Southern Living – Melanie Fincher – The Ultimate List Of Tailgating Essentials, Based On Our Testing

Phil has a question:

Is it still tailgating when you need a semi to haul in your equipment.

Can you tailgate with an SUV.

Tomato Sandwich

There’s only one possibility: win, draw or loose.

Franz Beckenbauer

Garden and Gun – Steve Russell – The Four Tomato Varieties Every Garden Needs

Why couldn’t you beat a richer club? I’ve never seen a bag of money score a goal.

Johan Cruyff

Planting Tomatoes

Momma kept a garden, which sounds romantic to people who have never held a hoe.

Rick Bragg

Southern Living – Ann Taylor Pittman – Southern Tomato Sandwich

There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won’t become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions. 

Rahman Baba

Deacon Blues

Eating Well – Lily Menk – 14 Tomato Sandwiches You’ll Want to Make All Summer Long

A homegrown tomato, you’re never going to taste anything like it. There is nothing close to it, the sweetness. And strawberries: The ones you get in the store are so hard; but you get a homegrown strawberry, it just melts, I’m telling you. 

Marc Gasol

Eating Well – Camryn Alexa Wimberly – 23 Tomato Sandwiches You’ll Want to Make All Summer Long

Southern Living – Catherine Jessee – We Asked Southern Chefs How They Make Their Tomato Sandwiches—And Learned New Tricks

At the end of the day, you can’t compete with Mother Nature. If you’ve got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need. 

Zac Posen

New York Times – Caroline Hopkins – How Healthy Are Tomatoes?

It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. 

Lewis Grizzard


Phil M. Stockmen

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