Harvested Over 6000 Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 40 SunGold, 33 Black Cherry(1), 28 Husky Cherry Red(1), 16 Husky Cherry Red(2), 8 Black Cherry(2), 8 Snow White(1), 6 Indigo Rose, 6 Black and Brown Boar(2), 6 Yellow Perfection, 6 Snow White(2), 5 Pink Furry Boar, 5 SunSugar, 5 Garden Peach, 5 Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), 4 Green Grape, 4 Amazon Chocolate (7.5 ounces, 8 ounces), 4 Thessaloniki (7 ounces), 3 Creme Brulee (6 ounces, 6 ounces), 3 Redfield Beauty, 3 Black Krim(2), 2 Speckled Roman(2), 2 Brown Berry, 2 Black and Brown Boar(1), 2 Earl of Edgecombe, 2 Marmara (6 ounces, 6 ounces), 2 Noire Charbonneuse(2), 2 Speckled Roman(3), 2 Yellow Furry Boar, 2 Crimson Cushion, Marianna's Peace (16 ounces), Chinese Tea, Watermelon (8 ounces), Black Krim(1) (8 ounces), Nebraska Wedding (9 ounces), Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(2), Jaune Flamme(1), Indigo Apple(1), Big Zebra, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Japanese Black Trifele, Taxi, Purple Dog Creek (10.5 ounces), Persimmon (11 ounces), Red Boar(2) and Jaune Flamme(2) for a total of 232 tomatoes.

I'm a little surprised that the numbers have stayed as solid for this long. SunGold is finally starting to fade but the two Black Cherry and the two Snow White plants have picked up the slack.

The tomato sizes are starting to dwindle and the plants are looking ragged. Noire Charbonneuse(1), Chinese Tea and Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(2) may not last much longer. However, many plants will have a second wind. Sweet Baby Girl already has a second wind and has maturing tomatoes again.

My wife watered the back yard containers.

We've now harvested over 3000 tomatoes in the back yard for the month of July (3151) and over 6000 tomatoes for the year (6187). 

Harvested Nebraska Wedding!

Today's harvest includes 95 SunGold, 27 Husky Cherry Red(1), 22 Husky Cherry Red(2), 10 Garden Peach, 8 Black Cherry(1), 7 Red Currant, 7 Yellow Perfection, 6 Matt's Wild Cherry, 6 Black and Brown Boar(1), 6 Chinese Tea, 5 Jaune Flamme(1), 5 Green Grape, 5 Japanese Black Trifele (6 ounces), 4 Pineapple Pig (6.5 ounces, 11.5 ounces, 16 ounces, 14 ounces) 4 Snow White(2), 4 Jaune Flamme(2), 4 SunSugar, 4 Crimson Cushion (7 ounces, 6 ounces), 4 Noire Charbonneuse(1), 3 Redfield Beauty, 3 Black Cherry(2), 3 Indigo Rose, 3 Black From Tula (11 ounces, 10 ounces, 12 ounces), 3 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, 3 Yellow Currant, 2 White Zebra, 2 Black Krim(2) (7 ounces), 2 Pink Furry Boar, 2 Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), 2 Brad's Black Heart (9.5 ounces, 13 ounces), 2 Brown Berry, Nebraska Wedding (new) (6 ounces), Thessaloniki, Indigo Apple(1), Speckled Roman(2) (8 ounces), Dr. Wyche's Yellow (8 ounces), Oaxacan Jewel (8.5 ounces), Sweet 100, Italian Heirloom (19 ounces), Big Bite (9.5 ounces), Sweet Million, Taxi, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1), Ella's Pink Plum, Carmello, Speckled Roman(3) (6.5 ounces), Snow White(1), Noire Charbonneuse(2), Watermelon (7.5 ounces), Tolstoi and Indigo Apple(2) for a total of 283 tomatoes.

Well, there's good news: I think I figured out what's eating some of our tomatoes. There's bad news: I think I figured out what's eating some of our tomatoes. While harvesting in the back yard, a rat was walking across our north cinder block wall.

Technically I didn't complete the harvest. I left the last row of the back yard in the interest of time.

My wife spent almost all day processing tomatoes in various forms. This morning she took all the smaller tomatoes, added oil and began to roast them in the oven.

Maturing tomatoes include Paul Robeson and Omar's Lebanese. I know there are others.

Is Nyagous(2) another Speckled Roman? There are similarities...

Today's Pineapple Pig harvest looks great.

We've now harvested 100 SunSugar tomatoes this year. Also, we've now harvested over 2000 back yard tomatoes this year (2031) and over 2500 tomatoes for July (2582)
 

Harvested Oaxacan Pink, Brown Berry and Pierce's Pride(1)

Today's harvest includes 66 SunGold, 11 Husky Cherry Red(2), 10 Husky Cherry Red(1), 9 Red Currant, 4 Black and Brown Boar(1) (7 ounces), 4 Yellow Currant, 4 Crimson Cushion (8 ounces, 6 ounces), 4 Yellow Perfection, 3 Black Cherry(1), 3 Jaune Flamme(1), 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 3 SunSugar, 3 Italian Heirloom (6.5 ounces, 11 ounces, 8 ounces), 3 Indigo Apple(1), 2 Sweet 100, 2 Thessaloniki, 2 Black Cherry(2), 2 Black Krim(2), Pierce's Pride(1) (new), Brown Berry (new), Oaxacan Pink (new), Nyagous(1), Speckled Roman(1), Chinese Tea, Berkeley Tie Dye, Redfield Beauty, Noire Charbonneuse(1), Oaxacan Jewel (13 ounces), Speckled Roman(2) (7.5 ounces), Ella's Pink Plum, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) (8.5 ounces), Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), Big Bite (10 ounces), Black From Tula (13 ounces), Pink Furry Boar, Carmello, Garden Peach, Watermelon (12 ounces), Indigo Rose, Tolstoi, Snow White(2) and Green Grape for a total of 162 tomatoes.

My wife handed me some "tomato chips" that she made with the dehydrator. I ate them at work. They were tasty!

Yesterday my wife and I taste tested Pineapple Pig, Pink Furry Boar and Momataro, a tomato brought by my mother-in-law. Pineapple Pig was quite good with a mild, delicious taste (it reminded my wife of Porkchop). My wife had a one word response for Pink Furry Boar -- "Winner!". A refreshing and very good tasting tomato. Momataro was meaty but slightly less tasty than the first two. That's not as much of a complaint as it may sound -- it was only "quite good". I'd grow it. My wife just loved this tomato.

Brown Berry wasn't a surprise. I forgot to include it in yesterday's maturing tomatoes. But yesterday's 8 Snow White(2) tomatoes were a complete surprise.

Oaxacan Pink will probably end up being another Oaxacan Jewel but for now we'll leave it as is. The Brown Berry plant does not look good at all. It'll be good for about four tomatoes.

Now Black Cherry(1) is doubled over. We didn't get around to repairing it yesterday evening.

Whatever ate half of a Big Zebra also took out 3 Pineapple(1) tomatoes. 2 of them were almost completely eaten.

I got up to 104.5 yesterday. Still hot!

Maturing tomatoes include Marmara and Black Krim(1).

We've now harvested over 800 SunGold tomatoes (820) and over 1000 front yard tomatoes (1001). 

We're Finished Planting Tomatoes For This Year

On Friday my wife planted Indigo Apple(1), Porkchop(2), Black Krim(2), Paul Robeson, Vorlon(2), Jaune Flamme(2) and Chile Verde in the "koi pond". In the evening I made one hole and started another in an area I expected to have a lot of debris -- I wasn't disappointed. I left it unfinished.

On Saturday my wife planted Brown Berry in a pot and Snow White(2) in the south garden. I continued making holes throughout the day. I took out the largest piece of asphalt I've ever dug and completed that hole as well. My wife planted Neves Azorean Red, Marianna's Peace in the bad hole, a wilting Marmara, Gypsy, Amana Orange and Omar's Lebanese. We watered Marmara again, hoping it would come back. The plant showed signs of improvement later in the afternoon.

It was a long, sweaty day for both of us.

In the morning I checked out Marmara. It was a happy plant again!

Today I finished the holes in the "Far East", completing the work in the hard area of the back yard. My wife planted Black Cherry(2), Amazon Chocolate, Noire Charbonneuse(2) and Indigo Apple(2). We took a break and then dug out a small triangular area next to the post for the patio cover. Here we planted Italian Tree.

Before heading out for an early dinner, I took a look at the "koi pond" to see the new plants. Jaune Flamme(2) was wilting. We gave it some water and left for dinner.

When we came back, Jaune Flamme(2) had clearly improved, so we gave it some more water. Then we planted White Zebra in the "koi pond" and Pierce's Pride(2) in the "corner office".

We now think we're done planting tomatoes for 2012!

Making holes in the back yard has been exhausting. I've dragged through work a couple of times more than I would like and would like to work out again!

I need to add cages to the plants and clip the low hanging stems that are hitting the dirt, but that's trivially easy compared to digging holes with rock and asphalt.

Onward and upward! 

Harvested Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe!

Today's harvest: 2 Matt's Wild Cherry, Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe (new), Golden Mama

I forgot to mention that my wife gave liquid vitamin B1 to several of our plants with leaf curl on Thursday. Nyagous looks particularly bad. Obviously, we hope some of these plants recover.

Last night I noticed that SunSugar, Jaune Flamme, Jaune Coeur de Pigeon and HuskyCherry Red(1) have maturing tomatoes. The volunteer tomato is looking like it will be dark – Brown Berry perhaps?

Happy Father'sDay to all the fathers out there!

Getting Cold!

November 15 harvest: 17 Snow White (front yard), Husky Cherry Red, SunSugar and Sweet 100 for a total of 20 tomatoes.

November 17 harvest: 15 Snow White (front yard), 2 Sweet 100, Husky Cherry Red and SunSugar for a total of 19 tomatoes.

November 25 harvest: 7 Snow White (front yard), 2 Husky Cherry Red, 2 Sweet 100, Plum Tigris, Brown Berry and Snow White (back yard) for a total of 14 tomatoes.

Today's harvest: 8 Snow White, Husky Cherry Red, 2 Topaz, Carmello and Snow White (back yard) for a total of 13 tomatoes.

There was an eight day harvest gap because it was simply too cold to harvest tomatoes in the morning. We've had near freezing weather at sunrise (and in one case, dipped below freezing, hitting 28.8 degrees) during that period.

We're so close to harvesting 8000 tomatoes for the year! We're four tomatoes away from that total. I hope to harvest on the last day of the month to get us over the top.

The freezing weather has harmed some of our crops. Husky Cherry Red needs to be pulled. One of our winter tomato plants needs to be pulled as well. Several of our other crops have sustained mild to severe damage from the cold weather.

Harvested Over 900 Front Yard Snow White Tomatoes!

November 2 harvest: 12 Snow White (front yard), SunSugar and Sweet 100 for a total of 14 tomatoes.

November 4 harvest: 15 Snow White (front yard), 4 Husky Cherry Red, 3 SunSugar, Topaz, Red Currant(2) and Brown Berry for a total of 25 tomatoes.

November 6 harvest: 17 Snow White (front yard), 3 SunSugar, 2 Husky Cherry Red for a total of 22 tomatoes.

Three more plants were pulled from the back yard today.

November 7 harvest: 6 Snow White (front yard), 2 SunSugar, Husky Cherry Red, Sweet 100 and Brown Berry for a total of 11 tomatoes.

With the help of my wife we propped up the front yard Snow White plant with three thick stakes as well as some twine.

November 8 harvest: 7 Snow White (front yard), Husky Cherry Red and SunSugar for a total of 9 tomatoes.

November 11 harvest: 16 Snow White (front yard), 4 Sweet 100, 2 Brown Berry and Big Pink for a total of 23 tomatoes.

Yesterday's harvest: 27 Snow White (front yard), 4 Sweet 100, 3 SunSugar, 2 Husky Cherry Red and 2 Brown Berry for a total of 38 tomatoes.

We've now harvested over 900 front yard Snow White tomatoes (924)! We're also closing in on 8000 harvested tomatoes for the year (7930). It looks more than likely we'll make that plateau before any winter freezes ruin the remaining crop.

And the tomatoes still taste good!

Harvested Over 800 Front Yard Snow White Tomatoes!

October 8 harvest: 2 Snow White (front yard), Brown Berry and Snow White (back yard) for a total of 4 tomatoes.

October 9 harvest: 7 Snow White (front yard), Red Currant(2) and White Currant for a total of 9 tomatoes.

October 11 harvest: 4 Red Grape, 3 Snow White (front yard), Husky Cherry Red, SunSugar, Yellow Pear and White Currant for a total of 11 tomatoes.

October 21 harvest: 38 Snow White (front yard), 2 SunSugar, 2 White Currant, 2 Red Grape and Red Currant(1) for a total of 45 tomatoes.

October 23 harvest: 26 Snow White (front yard), 3 White Currant, 2 SunSugar, Husky Cherry Red, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Big Pink, Yellow Pear and Red Grape for a total of 36 tomatoes.

October 26 harvest: 16 Snow White (front yard), 4 SunSugar, Red Currant(2) and White Currant for a total of 22 tomatoes.

October 27 harvest: 9 Snow White (front yard), 3 SunSugar and Red Currant(2) for a total of 13 tomatoes.

And today's harvest consisted of 19 Snow White (front yard), 3 SunSugar, 2 Red Currant(2), 2 Snow White (back yard), Sweet 100 and White Currant for a total of 28 tomatoes.

In the last 3 ½ weeks the front yard Snow White plant has gotten a second wind. It got so tall that it's crushed all the supports and has basically fallen to the south. The recently harvested SunSugar tomatoes are the largest on the plant this year, larger than the first initial flush of tomatoes on this plant.

Many plants have been pulled and more could be pulled if I could find the time.

We've now harvested over 800 front yard Snow White tomatoes (824)!

We ended up harvesting 261 tomatoes for the month of October and have harvested 7788 tomatoes this year so far. There's an outside chance that the strength of the front yard Snow White could get us to the 8000 harvest plateau.

My wife and I were away for a week between the 11^th and the 21^st. Her relatives stayed at our house to take care of our dogs.

I've started a new job on October 26. I'm doing full time consulting work for a large bank. I was unexpectedly laid off from my full time job on August 26.

You'd be surprised what a battle it is to keep all the paperwork in order after one gets laid off. COBRA coverage has been an exhausting battle. It's probably taken around 60 – 70 phone calls to various entities to get the coverage reflected by my health insurance carrier. Just yesterday I got a letter in the mail and I'm now technically not enrolled with my primary physician anymore. I hope to straighten that out with one phone call, but that remains to be seen.

I got my 401K moved to a rollover IRA. That took several phone calls, forms, a notarization, more signatures and whatnot but it seemed to go relatively smoothly.

I needed to start up my company again (it was shuttered earlier this year) and get liability insurance in preparation for this new consulting opportunity. I just filed another IRS form yesterday in relation to starting up my company again. There's two more to be filed within 60 days (along with some more money).

I've been getting quotes from health insurance companies to prepare from switching over from COBRA to a company paid health insurance. I didn't get too far with this, but there's more to come.

I filed for unemployment and I'm still trying to get my claims processed for the time I spent unemployed. I've sent out at least 5 certified letters to various agencies, including one yesterday. We'll see how it goes.

I met with my accountant to go over all of this and he helped point me in the right direction with these and plenty of other matters. It was taking me 4 – 5 hours a day just handling phone calls, faxing, copying, sending out snail mail and emails, just trying to push these processes along. It was (is) easily a part time job in and of itself.

This new job will probably not allow the flexibility needed to update this blog as consistently as I have in the past. The issue isn't now (the season is long over except for the few plants that have lasted) but during the spring and summer of next year. Let's hope I can continue to find the time and commitment to continue to post!

The Tide Is Slowly Retreating...

No harvest done yesterday.

Today's harvest includes 11 Snow White (front yard) 8 Babywine, 5 SunGold, 2 Stupice, 2 Violet Jasper, 2 Large Pink Anna, 2 Topaz, 2 Green Grape, 2 Gajo de Melon, 2 Paul Robeson, Snow White (back yard), Berkeley Tie-Dye Heart, Black From Tula, Dr. Wyche's Yellow(2), Weeping Charlie, Green Zebra, Brown Berry, Red Currant(1), Plum Tigris, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and SunSugar for a total of 49 tomatoes.

My wife watered the back yard tomatoes and I added fertilizer to the container plants. Other than that not much is happening.

Harvested Over 400 Violet Jasper Tomatoes!

And today's harvest includes 8 Violet Jasper, 5 SunGold, 4 Lyn's Mahogany Garnet, 3 Stupice, 2 Sweet Tangerine, 2 Dr. Wyches's Yellow(2), 2 Marianna's Peace, 2 Enchantment, 2 Gajo de Melon, 2 Red Grape, Babywine, Persimmon, Brown Berry, Yellow Pear, Weeping Charlie, Pineapple, Black From Tula, Berkeley Tie-Dye Heart and Sara Black (7 ounces) for a total of 41 tomatoes.

We've now harvested over 400 Violet Jasper tomatoes (403)! Today's Violet Jasper tomatoes are about half the size (or smaller) compared to the ones harvested two months ago but the plant still has a fair amount of growing tomatoes.

My wife watered the back yard tomato plants yesterday and the front yard tomato plants the day before.

I pulled out three more tomato plants, all in the front yard: Michael Pollan, Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge and Black Krim.

The new volunteer tomato plant died in last week's heat wave. And the caterpillar has disappeared as well.

Harvested Big Pink!

Today's harvest includes 16 Snow White, 8 Principe Borghese, 4 Husky Cherry Red, 4 Snow White (back yard), 3 Violet Jasper, 3 Paul Robeson, 3 Red Currant(2), 2 Poma Amoris Minora Lutea, 2 Brown Berry, 2 Berkeley Tie-Dye Heart, 2 Yellow Perfection, 2 Gajo de Melon, Stupice, SunGold, Large Pink Anna, Black Krim, Lyn's Mahogany Garnet, Red Currant(1), Red Boar, Speckled Roman, Pierce's Pride, Dr. Wyche's Yellow(2), Topaz, Aunt Ruby's German Green(1), German Orange Strawberry, Pineapple (6.5 ounces), Jaune Flamme(2), Black Oxheart (7 ounces), Marianna's Peace, Azoychka/not Azoychka, Red Grape and Big Pink (new) for a total of 71 tomatoes.

The newly harvested Big Pink is a nice sized five ounce tomato. Unlike most of the harvest, there are no flaws with this tomato.

It seems like our harvest numbers are a little better due to the heat we're experiencing right now. After this heat wave our harvest numbers may plummet.

Oddly, the numbers have been quite consistent for the month so far. The harvest high is 93 tomatoes, the low is 60 tomatoes.

Harvested Over 300 Front Yard Snow White Tomatoes!

And today's harvest includes 18 Snow White (front yard), 8 SunGold, 5 Yellow Perfection, 3 Brown Berry, 3 Husky Cherry Red, 3 Snow White (back yard), 3 Red Grape, 2 White Currant, 2 SunSugar, 2 Violet Jasper, Michael Pollan, Topaz, Jaune Flamme(1), Plum Tigris, Red Currant(2), Red Boar, Berkeley Tie-Dye Heart, Black From Tula, Azoychka/not Azoychka, Gypsy and Thessaloniki for a total of 60 tomatoes.

Yesterday we harvested over 300 front yard Snow White tomatoes! Currently this is our “hot” plant, producing large, tasty tomatoes. Now the total for this plant is up to 320 harvested tomatoes.

My wife watered part of the back yard yesterday and the front yard tomatoes the day before.

A couple of the tomato plants are burned out and waiting for me to pull them out.

Ricardo And Liz Can Sure Throw A Party!

Today's harvest includes 17 Snow White (front yard), 12 SunGold, 4 Husky Cherry Red, 4 Yellow Perfection, 2 Gajo de Melon, 2 Snow White (back yard), 2 Berkeley Tie-Dye Heart, 2 Brown Berry, 2 Principe Borghese, 2 Violet Jasper, Stupice, Poma Amoris Minora Lutea, Babywine, Miss Elliotte Black, Black Krim, SunSugar, Topaz, Red Currant(1), Green Grape, Weeping Charlie, Marianna's Peace, Black Zebra, Jaune Flamme(2), Toni's Round, Black, Thessaloniki, White Currant, Michael Pollan and Azoychka/not Azoychka for a total of 68 tomatoes.

In the morning my in-laws came over to pick up their two dogs. We'd been watching them for some time but it was time to give them back.

We were guests of an Open House party for Ricardo's mom in the evening. My wife made a marinated tomato salad made from our tomatoes picked earlier in the day. Ricardo's cooking skills are second to none. They really know how to throw a party! I'm not going to eat for a week.

Surfas Was Fun But I'm Jealous!

Today's harvest includes 19 Snow White (front yard), 16 SunGold, 9 Yellow Perfection, 4 Snow White (back yard), 4 SunSugar, 3 Michael Pollan, 3 Thessaloniki, 2 Babywine, 2 Violet Jasper, Husky Cherry Red, Stupice, Japanese Black Trifele, Aunt Ruby's German Green(1), Jaune Flamme(1), Green Grape, Red Boar, Marianna's Peace, Zapotec Pleated, Black Zebra, Jaune Flamme(2), Gajo de Melon, Black, Gypsy and Azoychka/not Azoychka for a total of 77 tomatoes.

July 17 was the last time the SunGold tomato wasn't the highest number harvested for the day – a 28 day run.

The tomato test taste trial at Surfas in Culver City was fun! Scott Daigre had asked me to bring as many cherry tomatoes as I could to make sure there were enough for everyone. I brought some great looking Snow White tomatoes as well as SunGold, Gajo de Melon and Brown Berry.

Scott brought enough tomatoes to feed an army. We had way too many tomatoes. He made my tomatoes look sad. He brought huge salad bowls of many types of tomatoes. His cherry tomatoes were the size of golf balls.

There's a number of factors for that – he's growing in Ojai and apparently the high harvest season is right about now for Ojai. That and he's a better grower. With more land. With more time. In Ojai. Damn, I'm jealous!

I had put my good looking Snow White tomatoes in one of the large salad bowls. This was followed by Scott's Snow White tomatoes. Out came around 400 Snow White tomatoes into the bowl, completely overwhelming and burying the tomatoes I brought. Almost all were bigger than the ones I brought. By the end of the cooking presentation a small dent had been made in the Snow White salad bowl, my tomatoes still on the bottom.

All the Brown Berry tomatoes were gone by the end of the day...but I only brought three of them. There were around 20 to start the day.

Scott had asked me to bring some Gajo de Melon tomatoes for him to taste. He thought they were good tasting, with a thick skin. I'd agree with that. The recently harvested Gajo de Melon tomatoes were the second wind for this plant and usually the second wind isn't as strong, big or as tasty as the first wind (harvest).

In the evening my wife and I enjoyed a Harry Connick Jr. concert at the Hollywood Bowl. He's entertaining and talented and we had an excellent time.

Thanks Liz and Ricardo!

Harvested Over 5500 Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 30 SunGold, 7 Snow White (front yard), 7 Violet Jasper, 5 Husky Cherry Red, 5 Yellow Perfection, 4 Brown Berry, 3 Babywine, 3 Thessaloniki, 2 Gajo de Melon, 2 Snow White (back yard), 2 SunSugar, 2 Garden Peach, 2 Michael Pollan, Miss Elliotte Black, Japanese Black Trifele, Poma Amoris Minora Lutea, Stupice, Topaz, Lyn's Mahogany Garnet, Plum Tigris, Marianna's Peace, Zapotec Pleated, Gypsy, White Currant, Azoychka/not Azoychka and Toni's Round for a total of 87 tomatoes.

We've now harvested over 5500 tomatoes for the year (5547)! This has been an excellent year for taste but we won't have numbers to compare with last year. Last year we harvested over 11,000 tomatoes with 20 fewer plants.

It looks like our harvest numbers will drop soon. SunGold, our largest producer by far, looks like it will slow down by next week.

Harvested Over 5000 Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 21 SunGold, 8 Snow White (front yard), 5 Husky Cherry Red, 4 Red Grape, 3 White Currant, 3 T. C. Jones, 2 Yellow Perfection, 2 Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge, 2 Babywine, 2 Garden Peach, 2 Brown Berry, 2 Red Currant(1), 2 Enchantment, 2 Gajo de Melon, 2 Azoychka/not Azoychka, Jaune Flamme(2), Snow White (back yard), Red Currant(2), Principe Borghese, Michael Pollan, Black Krim and Large Pink Anna (13.5 ounces) for a total of 69 tomatoes.

We've now harvested over 5000 tomatoes for the year (5033)! However, our pace has slowed down significantly. For instance, we have around 57 tomato plants in the back yard and we only harvested 26 tomatoes from the back yard today. Our tomatoes have tasted great this year and both my wife and I think this year has been a real success...but it appears that the numbers won't tell the whole story. As it stands right now, we stand little chance of reaching last year's harvest totals even though there are 20 more plants in the ground.

Harvested 200 Garden Peach Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 28 SunGold, 6 White Currant, 4 Snow White (back yard), 4 Snow White (front yard), 3 Garden Peach, 2 Japanese Black Trifele, 2 Large Pink Anna (21.5 ounces, 7. 5 ounces), 2 Husky Cherry Red, 2 Babywine, 2 Red Currant(1), 2 Sara Black, 2 Nyagous, 2 Azoychka/not Azoychka, Thessaloniki, Gajo de Melon, Yellow Perfection, Brown Berry, Carmello, Principe Borghese, Stupice, Violet Jasper, Michael Pollan, SunSugar and Black Krim (7 ounces) for a total of 72 tomatoes.

I added another stake to Azoychka/not Azoychka and did some more tomato taping this morning.

My doctor asked me not to forget to bring him tomatoes the next time I visit him. That visit is this afternoon. I'll bring him today's harvest.

Last night my wife and I and a couple of friends (including our “seed lady”) were at the Dodger game last night. They lost 10 – 5.

We've now harvested over 2500 tomatoes from the front yard.

We've now harvested exactly 200 Garden Peach tomatoes this year. However, the plant is turning yellow and for the moment it doesn't look like it will produce too much more.

Harvest Numbers Falling Fast...

Today's harvest includes 28 SunGold, 7 White Currant, 6 Husky Cherry Red, 5 Babywine, 5 Garden Peach, 5 Snow White (front yard), 3 Azoychka/not Azoychka, 2 Red Grape, 2 Snow White (back yard), 2 Red Currant(1), 2 Brown Berry, 2 Japanese Black Trifele, 2 Poma Amoris Minora Lutea, 2 Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge, 2 Large Pink Anna (11 ounces), Michael Pollan, Principe Borghese, Red Currant(2), Sweet 100, Gajo de Melon, Toni's Round, Green Grape and Sara Black (7.5 ounces) for a total of 83 tomatoes.

I added a stake to the front yard Snow White and did a fair amount of tomato taping during the day.

The harvest numbers are dropping fast. I'm going to guess it has to do with the mild July (now August) weather we've been having. 10 days ago I harvested nearly three times the amount (243) we harvested today.

Harvested Over 4000 Tomatoes In July!

Today's harvest includes 61 SunGold, 11 Snow White (front yard), 9 White Currant, 9 Garden Peach, 8 Husky Cherry Red, 6 Poma Amoris Minora Lutea, 5 Black Krim (6.5 ounces, 6.5 ounces), 5 Azoychka/not Azoychka, 4 Japanese Black Trifele, 4 Babywine, 4 Red Grape, 4 Red Currant(1), 3 Snow White (back yard), 3 Sara Black (8 ounces, 11 ounces), 2 Violet Jasper, 2 Red Currant(2), 2 Jaune Flamme(2), 2 Gajo de Melon, Paul Robeson, Gypsy, Thessaloniki, Nyagous, Enchantment, Sweet Tangerine, Emerald Evergreen (10.5 ounces), Brown Berry, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Aunt Ruby's German Green(1) (7 ounces), Patio, Stupice and Sweet 100 for a total of 157 tomatoes.

We've now harvested over 4000 tomatoes for the month of July (4003) and over 4500 tomatoes for the year (4540).

And in an unusual anomaly, as of today we've harvested more front yard tomatoes (2296) than back yard tomatoes (2244). What makes this unusual is that we're growing only 20 tomato plants in the front yard and (depending on what you count) 57 in the back yard, nearly triple the number.

My wife cut up a Large Pink Anna tomato and added as part of a dish. While none was left to eat directly without the enhancement of other foods, the tomato clearly tasted fresh and somewhat “bright”. This isn't unusual for a cherry tomato that can pack a punch, it is unusual for a tomato that weighs more than a pound. I believe we have a winner in Large Pink Anna.

Harvested Over 4000 Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 34 SunGold, 14 White Currant, 13 Garden Peach, 9 Azoychka/not Azoychka (I still do not know what this tomato is but it isn't Azoychka, that's for sure), 6 Snow White (front yard), 6 Poma Amoris Minora Lutea, 5 Red Currant(1), 4 Husky Cherry Red, 3 Japanese Black Trifele, 3 Babywine, 3 Snow White (back yard), 2 Red Grape, 2 Gajo de Melon, 2 Stupice, Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge, Aunt Ruby's German Green(1), Persimmon (6 ounces), Black Krim, Lyn's Mahogany Garnet, Principe Borghese, Chile Verde, Plum Tigris, Brown Berry, Red Boar, Green Zebra, Jaune Flamme(2), Gypsy, Paul Robeson, Nyagous and Large Pink Anna (19.5 ounces) for a total of 122 tomatoes.

Wow – just four days ago we were picking twice as many tomatoes. The tide is receding quickly!

We've now picked over 3500 tomatoes for the month of July (3548) and have harvested over 4000 tomatoes for the year (4085).

The harvested Large Pink Anna is our heaviest tomato harvested this year so far.

Again, the weather has been cooler than normal for July. I see several of the plants preparing for a second round of tomatoes.