Happy Monday everyone!!! The Yellow Taxis have continued to bless us with their presence in the garden…which I am grateful for since not many of our other varieties are near ready for harvest! We’ve harvested about a pound a day of these babies! We also harvested our second (yes, their…
Happy Monday everyone!!! We’re starting to see a little more color in our harvests, though not as much as I’d like! Turns out that one of the mystery tomatoes that was transplanted and not labelled is another Yellow Taxi!!! Ah well! A tomato is a tomato and I am grateful…
We have yet another garden mystery… What on earth causes tomatoes to have almost see-through skin??? The skin itself feels super soft and I can actually feel the seeds underneath the skin! Every other tomato on this plant look perfectly normal. It’s just these two. WEIRD!!! Ideas???
This weeks harvest is both exciting (the first Roma tomato) and redundant (tomatoes galore). We’ve continued to enjoy an abundance of Yellow Taxis, a few cherry toms here and there, several Romas, a sprig of mint (as a gift for Brother & Brother’s girlfriend Eliza) and a very few snap…
This week I learned the difference between Determinate and Indeterminate tomatoes. I really wish I had this knowledge before we planted all those tomatoes, but I guess now I’ll have the information forever. Here’s what I learned: Indeterminate tomatoes ~are vining tomatoes and take up lots of space~need lots of support~have…
The sweet corn in the back yard seems to be confused…it’s not even 3 feet tall, but it’s starting to try to produce corn…weird! The German Butterball Potatoes are getting ready to flower! The Butternut Squash is getting some color texture! Bush Beans, Pole Beans and Snap Peas Mystery tomatoes…