How Does My Garden Grow..............

17 years ago

My tomatoes are doing great. The weather here has been in the mid to high 90's for the last week and it is suppose to continue into next week. The tomatoes are loving it

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doucanoe
17 years ago
Oh...I am envious! This has been the weirdest, chilliest summer I can remember. My gardens look terrible.

Thanks for showing us that ther really are some great looking gardens out there!

Linda
Lars
17 years ago
It's been in the low 80s here, but I have not yet been able to plant tomatoes yet. I'm really putting off most planting until next year, after I can get rid of the horrible trees that I've inherited. I might give the Fuji apple tree a chance, but I'm definitely getting rid of the puny plum trees and stupid ornamental peach tree so that I can replace them with lemon, lime, and orange trees. If I get rid of the apple tree, I will replace it with an avocado tree.

This is a great time of year to be in British Columbia. I have extremely fond memories of my summers in Vancouver when I used to live in chilly San Francisco. I'm anxious for another trip to Canada, but I might go to Toronto the next time. I really do miss Canada, and I love seeing your photos to remind me. I always think of Canada, and especially B.C., at this time of year! I had been thinking that you must be having so much enjoyment now that you would have no time to post!

Lars
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It's supposed to be sunny this weekend, so I'm hoping my tomatoes will ripen a bit more...Still many, many green ones and not too many ripe. After that I'll deal with the green or at least pick them and try to ripen them indoors. I'm afraid to leave them any longer and lose them to black spot or rot. My jalapenos were very productive and we have some of the mystery peppers, too...The tag stuck in the small pots just said, "Hot Peppers," but they're the same small, grow-sticking-straight-up kind. We have some giant zucchini (I'm never good at catching them at the small stage). But the kids love zucchini muffins, etc. and the bigger they are, the more they make. We are shredding and freezing. I have just a few acorn squash that I still hope will mature and ripen, but I have doubts. There aren't enough to feed us all anyway. Note to self: Next year plant more acorn and less zucchini... We still have strawberries coming on, too! The wild rabbits kept us from having a June crop by pruning the plants down, but after that they let them be...Probably helped them in the long run.
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shellm
17 years ago
Wow,Ann,those look great.Nice job.

Shelley
canarybird01
17 years ago
Oh those look like a good crop Ann. The leaves look healthy too. I've heard about that heat on the island. It's much hotter over there than it is here at the moment.
We have 30-ish temps and humidity around 70%. It's still uncomfortable though.

You should be able to make lots of salsa and tomato salads with those. Fresh off the vine they are wonderful.

SharonCb
trudymom
17 years ago
Oh those looks soooooooooo gorgeous that I can almost taste them. I miss home grown tomatoes...
lindac
17 years ago
Beautiful! I am wondering what variety they are?
Linda C
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17 years ago
Linda, First picture is Sweet One Millions. Second is Money Makers and the third shows Money Makers and Black Krim. I also planted Early Girl, Erins (another cherry type tomato) Sasha's Pride, Yellow Taxi, Radiator Charlie, San Marzano and Bonny Best. There are more pictures on my blog.

Ann
petaloid
17 years ago
Ooh, your tomatoes are happier than mine.

So far we've eaten some from Early Girl, but the other varieties have to catsup, um, ketchup, er, I mean catch up...
Terri_PacNW
17 years ago
LOL Petaloid...

Ann, I'm jealous..mine aren't doing much at all!!!!!
lsr2002
17 years ago
Your garden looks fabulous! But, what are you going to do with all the tomatoes?

Lee
jessyf
17 years ago
I just love the tomato names! We don't have a garden this year....drought...being socially responsible :-(. Enjoying yours vicariously!
hawk307
17 years ago
I can't have a Garden here with all the animals.

So I planted 3 different types at my daughters, a while ago.

They came up for Spaghetti Dinner and brought the first batch.
Don't even remember the names, of the ones I planted.

Think they were Cherry Tomatoes. These were like someone put sugar on them, instead of salt.
The 2 were Big Boy's . Larger one is a Mariglo? Spelling.

Naturally we made BLT's . Great Tasteing.
I ate one sliced with Mayo.

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17 years ago
Lee, I'll worry about what to do with them when and if they ripen. Sometimes that is a problem here.

Jessica I like the names too. Some of them are Heirloom varieties.

Ann
bunnyman
17 years ago
If they don't ripen outdoors bring them in and spread them out on a table. Check them everyday as a few will rot on you. Others will ripen just fine. I've had "fresh" tomatoes up until Christmas this way. Some people hang the whole plant upside-down in the basement and pick the tomatoes as they ripen. Living alone I have no problem just leaving them spread on the dining room table for a couple months.

They look wonderful! I just checked mine this morning and all I have are a few small greens (at last!) and lots of flowers. The coldest summer on record going on here.

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diana55
17 years ago
Oh Ann.......I can smell your Tomatoes from here !!! I just love the smell of Garden Toms, don't you? They are so good to eat too. Wish I had the time to grow them this year, but not !!! LOL Way to busy. The weather sure has been great for them. Well enjoy them, and please let me know how they tasted. LOL Diana55
jessicavanderhoff
17 years ago
Jessy (nice name, by the way :-D) I think you can justify anything using social responsibility! For example, water is still being used to grow the tomatoes you buy at the market, you might even be a more efficient water-user! And also, I can testify to the fact that you can grow tomatoes without watering, although your plants will look rather more like mine (abused, lacking foliage, but plenty of fruit), and rather less like Ann's (as if they're part of some sort of domestic goddess culinary-garden-of-Eden paradise) :-/

However, if you find gardening to be a chore, I think you're totally right about it not being a good idea due to the drought :-D

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