Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Yellow Tomatoes

Found out the other day that I also have yellow "Pear" tomatoes in my garden...I had noticed that several of the 'maters were larger and sort of pear-shaped. I had no idea what they were....possibly mutant fruit???? Anyway, alot of them have since turned yellow and plump. One of my neighbors said that I have yellow Pear tomatoes! I picked one and ate it...very tasty...actually, just like the red ones.
So far, I've gotten 3 crops of the red cherry tomatoes (a handful each). Alot of them have split because of the recent rain, so I have a tarp to protect them from future showers. I think, however, that the season is coming to a close...the forecast calls for nice weather until Thursday, then more rain and cooler. Hopefully, I'll get at least one more crop....

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

TOMATOES: First Harvest

This is my "first harvest" of tomatoes! Still lots of green ones and some that are changing from orange to red. It's been getting down into the 40's at night lately, so I hope the rest of the 'maters survive until I can pick them. The temperatures have been in the upper 70's to lower 80's during the day, but the forecast shows the daytime temps dropping into the upper 60's-70.
Boy....this farming thing can be stressful!!! (Ha ha).