I picked the first tomatoes from the garden on Saturday. They came from a volunteer vine, one I didn't plant, that sprouted from a seed dropped last year. The tomatoes are small Juliets, like cherry tomatoes but long instead of round. I also picked a few more lemon squash, another zucchini, and a big basket of green beans.
Green tomatoes on the vine. Don't mind the weeds.
The rest of the tomato crop is starting to ripen. There are three or four 'maters going red out there. Soon we'll get to enjoy fresh ones for salads and sandwiches and stuffing and, when they get too numerous to handle (if we're lucky), tomato sauce for the freezer.
That is a hell of a lot of tomatoes! Delicious! And lots of work... for you.
ReplyDeleteWe are so spoiled to have a generous neighbor with a garden. He keeps us well supplied in maters. We keep him well supplied in tomato sauce. His have been producing beautiful red maters for over a month. Some of them from seeds we brought back for him from the States. But don't tell the border patrol.
ReplyDeleteOf all the produce you grow I enjoy watching the toms the most. I miss them so. I hope yours are delicious.
ReplyDeleteWe have a Juliet plant too! It was recommended by a gardener along my walk. And it is fine to carry seeds across the border - had a tour member that knew about plants and she explained what we could and couldn't transport.
ReplyDeleteSome of our best tomato plants have been volunteers.
ReplyDeleteYour tomato plants look wonderful. Our best tomatoes seem to always be the volunteers. We get a few ripe tomatoes in June and then it gets too hot for fruit to set until early August - except for the volunteers which seem to set fruit even in the tropical heat. We are now planting our "cool weather" crop of tomatoes that will begin to flower in late September. We had to relearn everything about gardening for the climate in Belize, and we are still learning. Never a dull moment!
ReplyDeletewow a lot of tomatoes
ReplyDeleteSo exciting to have beautiful fresh tomatoes about to start rolling in. :)
ReplyDeleteJudy
Your description of Juliet tomatoes sounds like what's marketed here as grape tomatoes, but I'll bet yours taste better. It looks as if you're going to have a Really Good crop.
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