Tomatoes!

Okay, let's get caught up on things, shall we? I harvested a Tumbling Tom on June 1. I tried it and found it a bit mealy but otherwise acceptable. Last Saturday we harvested an Isis Candy ...

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On Friday my wife planted SunSugar and Marianna's Peace . Barring any surprises, we have completed planting our tomatoes for 2015. On Saturday I put cages on the uncaged tomatoes and moved a...

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On Tuesday I harvested an Isis Candy . Because we planted late this year, my wife left the fruit on the seedlings planted in the raised beds. I'm in complete agreement with that strategy. The ...

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On Saturday I dug a few more holes and my wife planted four more tomatoes -- Buffalo Heart Giant , Big Yellow Zebra , Kellogg's Breakfast and Indigo Apple in the raised bed. I think we're do...

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Big day today. Camille came over to watch our son. That left us to dig lots of holes and plant lots of tomatoes. In the morning I brought over three more wheelbarrows of compost to the "koi ...

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Today my wife planted Henderson's Pink Ponderosa , Porkchop , Garden Peach , Chef's Choice Orange and Indigo Apple in the back yard. A couple of these seedlings were two feet tall but still in ...

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On Tuesday my wife surprised me by planting four tomato plants -- Blue Boar Berries , Black From Tula , Snow White and Kentucky Beefsteak . However, I wasn't able to dig any holes for the re...

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On Wednesday I finished off the third hole left from Tuesday and dug a couple more. Thursday and Friday I didn't do anything about planting tomatoes . If I dig too much my right knee swell...

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I got two more holes dug in the back yard after work and started on a third when it was time for dinner . Not very exciting, is it? I can tell, however, that I'm digging in areas not planted be...

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We got some compost delivered on Thursday . I spent Thursday through Sunday moving the compost off the driveway . We needed the driveway to park our cars. I worked furiously and was wipe...

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Yesterday we planted Hungarian Heart , Black Krim , Pink Berkeley Tie Dye , Dr. Wyche's Yellow and Blue Beauty in the back yard. So where have we been for the last few months? Well, we've bee...

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It's over for 2014. The tomato plants were pulled last Saturday . They were meant to be pulled the prior Saturday but the gardeners didn't show. I didn't harvest at all during the week but I...

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Wednesday's harvest includes 3 Husky Cherry Red(2) , 2 Matt's Wild Cherry and SunGold for a total of 6 tomatoes. No harvest Thursday . The weather got noticeably warmer, getting up to 95 deg...

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Let's take a look at the September numbers from top to bottom... 2011 -- 768 tomatoes 2010 -- 717 tomatoes 2012 -- 700 tomatoes 2007 -- 647 tomatoes 2014 -- 372 tomatoes 2008 -- 204 tomato...

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Last Tuesday's harvest includes 2 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red , 2 Matt's Wild Cherry , Porkchop(1) , SunGold , Husky Cherry Red(1) , Husky Cherry Red(2) and Sugar Snack for a total of 9 tomatoe...

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So let's catch up on things... No harvest on Tuesday . But Tuesday only got to 100.4 degrees (that's bad enough). The prior three days were over 107 degrees. Wednesday's harvest includes 5 M...

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Sooooo let's catch up on things... Friday's harvest includes 3 Sugar Snack , 2 Blue Beauty , 2 Michael Pollan and Dr. Wyche's Yellow for a total of 8 tomatoes. Saturday's harvest includes 2...

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Today's harvest includes 2 German Orange Strawberry , 2 Blue Beauty , 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) , 2 Sugar Snack , Pineapple , Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red , Porkchop(1) , Bread and Salt (6 ounces), Sp...

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Today's harvest includes 6 German Orange Strawberry , 3 Blue Beauty , 3 Husky Cherry Red(2) , 2 SunGold , Sunchocola , Bread and Salt , Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) , Matt's Wild Cherry , Evan's Purp...

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Today's harvest includes 8 SunGold , 6 German Orange Strawberry , 4 Sugar Snack , 2 Evan's Purple Pear , 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) , 2 Husky Cherry Red(2) , Bread and Salt (8 ounces), Blue Beauty , ...

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No harvest Saturday . Sunday's harvest includes 11 German Orange Strawberry , 6 Evan's Purple Pear , 3 SunGold , 3 Persimmon(2) (not Persimmon ), 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) , 3 Husky Cherry Red(2) ,...

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No harvest Thursday . Today's harvest includes 9 German Orange Strawberry , 5 SunGold , 4 Pineapple , 4 Black Cherry , 4 Husky Cherry Red(1) , 3 Blue Beauty , 3 Solar Flare , 2 Bread and Salt ...

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Let's compare the August numbers... 2014 -- 1942 tomatoes 2013 -- 1320 tomatoes 2012 -- 3240 tomatoes 2011 -- 3863 tomatoes 2010 -- 2165 tomatoes 2009 -- 3250 tomatoes 2008 -- 1004 tomat...

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Today's harvest includes 3 Sunchocola , 3 German Orange Strawberry , 2 Porkchop(1) , 2 Blue Beauty , 2 SunGold , 2 Evan's Purple Pear , 2 Beauty King , Indian Stripe , Earl of Edgecombe , Bread a...

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Monday's harvest includes 9 SunGold , 5 Evan's Purple Pear , 3 Black Cherry , 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) , 2 German Orange Strawberry , 2 Sunchocola , 2 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) , 2 Pineapple , 2 Bla...

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