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…
Happy Monday, everyone! This week brought more tomatoes (thank goodness), the last of (the second round of) spinach, a couple of carrots and a few more snap peas… …and the very first summer squash of the year!!! Yay for a little variety (even though I didn’t get pictures of everything)!!!…
The first pie pumpkin The first (ever) acorn squash I love the texture in this bed…Sunflowers, tomatoes and acorn squash Ashes made her way outside, Bo was not happy about it… Baby tomatoes…not suffering from butt rot The first lemon cucumber…the previous few mysteriously disappeared… The first bush snap pea…
This was an exciting week! We harvested our first, second, third, fourth and fifth tomatoes! That’s right, a total of 5 tomatoes in one week! Looks like all the patience has paid off and I couldn’t be happier! These are Yellow Taxi Tomatoes and are super yummy. The skins…
We harvested our first tomato yesterday evening!!! A Yellow Taxi weighing in at 2 whole ounces!!! It may be small, but it sure is beautiful!!!