Seven More Plants Pulled...

Today's harvest includes 5 Husky Cherry Red(1), SunGold, Ella's Pink Plum, German Orange Strawberry, Snow White(1) and Purple Dog Creek for a total of 10 tomatoes.

My wife pulled Nebraska Wedding and Speckled Roman(3) yesterday. But the day before there were five additional plants removed: Yellow Perfection, Red Currant, Matt's Wild Cherry Sweet Million and Oaxacan Pink. And there's still more plants that can be pulled...

No new milestones for today. 

Back Yard Harvest Twice Front Yard Harvest For 2012

Saturday's harvest includes 4 Delicious, 2 SunGold, 2 Amana Orange, 2 Big Bite, 2 Carmello, Copper River, Husky Cherry Red(1), Husky Cherry Red(2), Thessaloniki, Speckled Roman(3), Black and Brown Boar(2), Purple Dog Creek (6 ounces) and Neves Azorean Red for a total of 20 tomatoes.

Saturday my wife and I plus about 30 of our friends and family celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary at Castaways Restaurant in Burbank. It was a ton of fun for everyone involved.

I love you, sweetie!!

Today's harvest includes 5 Speckled Roman(3), 4 Delicious, 2 Neves Azorean Red, 2 SunGold, 2 Black and Brown Boar(2), Pierce's Pride(1), Oaxacan Pink, Husky Cherry Red(1), Thessaloniki, Snow White(1) and Amana Orange for a total of 21 tomatoes.

Several more tomato plants are ready to be pulled. We may be up to 10 more ready to come out.

The back yard harvest total is over twice the front yard harvest total (7201 vs 3597) for this year. 

Harvested Over 2650 SunGold Tomatoes!

Today's harvest includes 8 Black Cherry(1), 7 Indigo Rose, 5 Husky Cherry Red(1), 4 Black Cherry(2), 4 Snow White(1), 4 Snow White(2), 4 Red Currant, 3 Red Boar(1), 3 SunGold, 3 Italian Heirloom, 2 Oaxacan Jewel, 2 Black and Brown Boar(2), 2 Noire Charbonneuse(2), 2 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Thessaloniki, 2 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Pierce's Pride(1), Big Bite, Yellow Perfection, Amana Orange, Oaxacan Pink, Carmello, Marmara and Speckled Roman(3) for a total of 65 tomatoes.

No harvest on Wednesday. I had trouble getting to sleep on Tuesday night.

On Tuesday my wife pulled Black and Brown Boar(1) and Dr. Wyche's Yellow. Yesterday she pulled Crimson Cushion, Taxi, Tolstoi and SunSugar. Pulling SunSugar was a surprise because it still had some life but she indicated that she wanted the terra cotta pots for growing lettuce. She's the one keepting the plants alive with her watering so if she wants to pull it that's good enough for me.

Also, several plants were trimmed. And the back yard tomatoes were partially watered.

We've now harvested over 2650 SunGold tomatoes (2652)! Also, we've harvested over 50 Noire Charbonneuse(2) tomatoes (51). 

Pulled Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) and Pineapple(1) Tomato Plants

Today's harvest includes 7 Snow White(1), 5 Thessaloniki, 4 Black Cherry(1), 4 Black Cherry(2), 3 SunGold, 3 Red Currant, 3 Husky Cherry Red(2), 2 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 Snow White(2), 2 Oaxacan Jewel, 2 Yellow Perfection, Japanese Black Trifele, Big Bite, Black From Tula, Oaxacan Pink, Carmello, Black and Brown Boar(1), Noire Charbonneuse(2), Indigo Apple(2), Marmara, Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Indigo Rose, Red Boar(2) and SunSugar for a total of 50 tomatoes.

The gardeners came about noon on Saturday and removed Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) and Pineapple(1). Pineapple(1) always looked a little funny and the half of the Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) that was nearest the Pineapple(1) started to get the "fungusy" look. The plants on the far side of the back yard (the "Far East") are all getting a similar look.

No milestones today... 

Harvested Over 3000 Tomatoes This Month!

Today's harvest includes 14 Yellow Perfection, 13 SunGold, 10 Snow White(1), 10 Snow White(2), 7 Indigo Rose, 3 Red Currant, 3 Thessaloniki, 3 Indigo Apple(2), 3 Gypsy, 3 Redfield Beauty, 3 Carmello, 3 Husky Cherry Red(1), 3 German Orange Strawberry, 2 SunSugar, 2 Black Cherry(1), 2 Delicious (9 ounces), 2 Noire Charbonneuse(2), 2 Oaxacan Jewel (6 ounces, 6 ounces), Indigo Apple(1), Speckled Roman(2), Pink Furry Boar, Oaxacan Pink, Speckled Roman(3), Purple Dog Creek (7 ounces), Italian Heirloom and Black Cherry(2) for a total of 96 tomatoes.

I didn't harvest yesterday, as planned. It was my wife's birthday for starters. We celebrated with her side of the family down in south Orange County. Also, I got a new car smogged, and we visited Roger's Gardens for a tomato tasting before making it all the way down for a birthday celebration. Happy Birthday sweetie, I love you!!

My wife told me that she pulled out Pierce's Pride(2) on Thursday. We tend to pull a lot of tomatoes in the first week on September and we're on track to do the same thing this year.

We've now harvested over 3000 tomatoes this month (3012)! We've also harvested over 2600 SunGold tomatoes (2610), over 900 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes (901) and over 200 Yellow Perfection tomatoes (209) this year. 

Harvested Over 2000 Tomatoes In The Back Yard This Month!

Today's harvest includes 20 SunGold, 11 Black Cherry(1), 5 Red Currant, 5 Carmello, 4 Big Bite, 4 Snow White(1), 4 Snow White(2), 4 Oaxacan Jewel (7 ounces, 9 ounces), 4 Oaxacan Pink, 4 Yellow Perfection, 3 Dr. Wyche's Yellow, 2 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, 2 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 Indigo Rose, 2 Jaune Flamme(2), Husky Cherry Red(2), Indigo Apple(1), Ella's Pink Plum, Pink Furry Boar, Thessaloniki, German Orange Strawberry, Speckled Roman(3), Delicious, Gypsy, Marmara, SunSugar and Green Grape for a total of 88 tomatoes.

My wife pulled out Speckled Roman(1) yesterday. And she continues to make sauce and freeze it, as well as give away some to friends and family.

I added tomato fertilizer to the container plants this morning.

Yellow Furry Boar has one more tomato to mature so it's spared the chopping block for now. But Jaune Flamme(2) can go.

We've now harvested over 2000 tomatoes in the back yard this month (2013)! 

Harvested 50 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg Tomatoes

Today's harvest includes 13 Black Cherry(1), 8 SunGold, 7 Husky Cherry Red(1), 4 Snow White(2), 4 Carmello, 3 Big Bite, 3 Nyagous(1), 3 Snow White(1), 3 Oaxacan Pink (6 ounces, 7 ounces), 2 Red Currant, 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), 2 Yellow Perfection, 2 Dr. Wyche's Yellow, 2 SunSugar, 2 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Red Boar(1), Speckled Roman(1), Indigo Apple(1), Japanese Black Trifele, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Pink Furry Boar, Amazon Chocolate, Marmara and Gypsy for a total of 70 tomatoes.

My wife pulled out Kellogg's Breakfast and Speckled Roman(2). She also completed watering the front yard.

Yesterday's high: 96.6. The heat wave is receding. Not so coincidentally, our harvest numbers are dropping pretty rapidly as well.

Pineapple Pig, Speckled Roman(1), Red Boar(2) and Yellow Furry Boar can also be pulled.

We've now harvested 2550 SunGold and 50 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg tomatoes. 

Harvested Over 9500 Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 16 Black Cherry(1), 15 SunGold, 7 Husky Cherry Red(1), 5 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 5 Snow White(2), 4 Red Currant, 4 Snow White(1), 3 Redfield Beauty, 3 Pineapple Pig, 3 Indigo Apple(2), 3 Yellow Perfection, 2 Indigo Apple(1), 2 Oaxacan Pink (6 ounces), 2 SunSugar, 2 Indigo Rose, 2 Ella's Pink Plum, Nyagous(1), Husky Cherry Red(2), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Big Bite, Pink Furry Boar, Carmello, Nebraska Wedding (8.5 ounces), German Orange Strawberry (7 ounces), Delicious, Amazon Chocolate, Black Cherry(2), Taxi, Gypsy, Red Boar(2) and Jaune Flamme(2) for a total of 93 tomatoes.

I forgot to mention that we tried one of our large Pineapple(2) tomatoes for dinner on Saturday. Our verdict: mixed. The flavor wasn't there. It wasn't a bad flavor, just little to no flavor. The tomato itself was quite good -- firm where you wanted it to be, and soft where you wanted it to be. Just very little flavor.

Yesterday's high: 100.2. We didn't do much all day and the tomatoes were left to bake some more...

This morning I noticed a lot of new growth on SunGold. I'm expecting the weather to break in the near future, allowing the new blooms to germinate. Then SunGold will get a second wave a few weeks later. It's already a safe bet that we'll break our all time high of 2727 Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes harvested in a year. It's a little early to predict over 3000 but based on the new growth during this blistering heat, but that's what I predict.

We've now harvested over 9500 tomatoes for the year (9517) and over 2500 tomatoes for the month of August (2585). It looks like we'll reach 10,000 tomatoes this month.

Also, we've harvested 300 Snow White(1) tomatoes, over 100 Redfield Beauty tomatoes (102), over 50 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red tomatoes (54) and over 50 Dr. Wyche's Yellow tomatoes (51) this year. 

Harvested Over 200 SunSugar Tomatoes!

Today's harvest includes 25 SunGold, 20 Snow White(2), 14 Sweet 100, 8 Snow White(1), 8 Husky Cherry Red(1), 7 Black Cherry(2), 5 SunSugar, 5 Husky Cherry Red(2), 5 Black Cherry(1), 4 Sweet Baby Girl, 4 Nyagous(1), 3 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 2 Speckled Roman(3), 2 Redfield Beauty, 2 Gypsy, 2 Ramapo, 2 Noire Charbonneuse(2), 2 Delicious, 2 Porkchop(1) (7 ounces, 7 ounces), Speckled Roman(1), Chinese Tea, Speckled Roman(2), Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Red Currant, Oaxacan Pink, Creme Brulee, Garden Peach, Italian Heirloom (11 ounces), Indigo Apple(2) and Omar's Lebanese (11.5 ounces) for a total of 133 tomatoes.

And yesterday got up to 106.3 degrees. The blistering heat wave continues. This heat appears to be pushing Snow White tomatoes to maturity as well as keeping the SunGold numbers higher than I would expect.

My wife has been battling a cold and a possible sinus infection. A couple tomato recipients came by our house to pick up tomatoes as opposed to my wife driving to their residences to drop off tomatoes.

My wife pulled out Nyagous(2). Now Creme Brulee can also be pulled.

We've now harvested over 200 SunSugar tomatoes (202) and over 100 Sweet 100 tomatoes (107) this year. 

Harvested 150 Snow White(1) Tomatoes

Today's harvest includes 24 SunGold, 17 Black Cherry(1), 11 Snow White(1), 6 Husky Cherry Red(1), 5 Husky Cherry Red(2), 5 Redfield Beauty, 5 Snow White(2), 4 Black and Brown Boar(2), 4 Yellow Perfection, 3 Garden Peach, 3 White Zebra, 3 Green Grape, 3 Berkeley Tie Dye, 3 Oaxacan Pink (8 ounces, 6 ounces), 3 Sweet Baby Girl, 3 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Black Cherry(2), 2 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, 2 Indigo Apple(1), 2 Indigo Rose, 2 SunSugar, 2 Gypsy, 2 German Orange Strawberry (9 ounces, 6 ounces), 2 Black Krim(2), 2 Yellow Furry Boar, 2 Black From Tula (12 ounces), 2 Nyagous(1), Jaune Flamme(1), Black and Brown Boar(1), Sweet Million, Ella's Pink Plum, Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), Big Bite (6 ounces), Thessaloniki, Nebraska Wedding (9 ounces), Creme Brulee, Persimmon (10 ounces), Italian Heirloom, Amazon Chocolate (7 ounces), Amana Orange (7 ounces), Red Boar(1), Noire Charbonneuse(2), Ramapo (7 ounces) and Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red for a total of 141 tomatoes.

Imagine a day when SunGold isn't the high harvest amount for the day. It could happen soon...

Not a lot happening...my wife watered more of the back yard tomatoes as well as using the dehydrator to process some of the tomatoes. The harvested German Orange Strawberry tomatoes look nice, taking on their traditional oxheart shape.

We've now harvested 150 Snow White(1) tomatoes. 

Harvested Over 600 Husky Cherry Red(1) Tomatoes!

Today's harvest includes 60 SunGold, 42 Black Cherry(1), 26 Husky Cherry Red(1), 14 Husky Cherry Red(2), 7 Garden Peach, 6 Snow White(1), 6 Indigo Rose, 5 Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), 4 Black Krim(2) (8 ounces, 11 ounces), 4 SunSugar, 3 Black From Tula (6 ounces, 7 ounces), 3 Thessaloniki, 3 Amana Orange (13 ounces, 11 ounces, 14.5 ounces), 3 Persimmon (21 ounces, 16.5 ounces, 13.5 ounces), 2 Pierce's Pride(1) (6 ounces, 10 ounces), 2 Oaxacan Pink (10.5 ounces, 11 ounces), 2 Black and Brown Boar(2), 2 Big Bite, 2 Noire Charbonneuse(2), 2 Japanese Black Trifele, 2 German Orange Strawberry, 2 Red Currant, 2 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 2 Delicious (6 ounces, 6 ounces), 2 Berkeley Tie Dye (11 ounces, 6 ounces), 2 Italian Heirloom (12.5 ounces, 7.5 ounces), 2 Black and Brown Boar(1), 2 Yellow Perfection, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(2), Porkchop(1) (16 ounces), Noire Charbonneuse(1), Indigo Apple(2), Redfield Beauty, Snow White(2), Green Grape, Speckled Roman(1), Speckled Roman(3), Yellow Furry Boar, Oaxacan Jewel (16 ounces), Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg (6 ounces), Nebraska Wedding (7 ounces), Red Boar(2), Omar's Lebanese (20 ounces) and Purple Dog Creek (8.5 ounces) for a total of 230 tomatoes.

Even though today's harvest has lower numbers than yesterday's, it's clearly a heavier harvest. There's plenty of beautiful large tomatoes today's harvest, including Omar's Lebanese, Persimmon, Oaxacan Jewel, Porkchop(1), Oaxacan Pink and Amana Orange. Today's harvest was a really nice one.

My wife pulled out Yellow Currant yesterday.

We've now harvested over 1700 SunGold tomaotes (1733) and over 600 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes (623). Also, we've now harvested over 4500 tomatoes in July (4618). 

Harvested Italian Tree!

Today's harvest includes 70 SunGold, 25 Black Cherry(1), 24 Husky Cherry Red(2), 19 Husky Cherry Red(1), 12 Snow White(1), 9 Garden Peach, 7 SunSugar, 6 Yellow Perfection, 4 Japanese Black Trifele (6 ounces), 4 Black From Tula (7 ounces, 9 ounces, 7.5 ounces), 3 Black Krim(2) (7.5 ounces, 6 ounces), 3 Black Cherry(2), 3 Redfield Beauty, 3 Carmello (6 ounces), 2 Persimmon (14 ounces, 23 ounces), 2 Creme Brulee (7.5 ounces), 2 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, 2 Earl of Edgecombe (6 ounces, 7 ounces), 2 Black and Brown Boar(2), 2 Italian Heirloom (13 ounces, 7.5 ounces), 2 Amazon Chocolate (10 ounces, 9 ounces), 2 Speckled Roman(3), 2 Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), Italian Tree (new) (13 ounces), Green Grape, Pineapple Pig (9 ounces), Brown Berry, Marianna's Peace (9.5 ounces), Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Red Boar(2), Jaune Flamme(2), Amana Orange, Pierce's Pride(1), Paul Robeson, Oaxacan Pink (8.5 ounces), Indigo Apple(2), Matt's Wild Cherry, Indigo Rose, Indigo Apple(1), Noire Charbonneuse(1), Gypsy (7 ounces), Ramapo (8 ounces), Nyagous(1), Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1), Kellogg's Breakfast (11 ounces), Black and Brown Boar(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Berkeley Tie Dye, Porkchop(1) (9.5 ounces), Pink Furry Boar for a total of 237 tomatoes.

The Italian Tree tomato is a nice looking thing but the trouble is that this may be the only tomato to come off this plant. I don't see any others.

Speaking of which, it's been 3 weeks since we've harvested from Sweet Baby Girl but it's making a comeback.

Again, the Persimmon tomatoes look beautiful.

Finally, the Black Cherry(1) harvest starts to get heavy.

We've now harvested over 3000 tomatoes from the back yard this year (3095). 

Harvested Earl of Edgecombe and Red Boar(2)!

Today's harvest includes 58 SunGold, 24 Husky Cherry Red(2), 14 Husky Cherry Red(1), 11 Yellow Perfection, 10 Garden Peach, 8 Black Cherry(1), 4 Earl of Edgecombe (new) (11 ounces, 7 ounces, 7 ounces, 8 ounces), 4 SunSugar, 3 Jaune Flamme(1), 3 Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), 3 Snow White(2), 3 Yellow Furry Boar (6 ounces), 3 Snow White(1), 3 Dr. Wyche's Yellow (8 ounces, 6 ounces, 9 ounces), 2 Yellow Currant, 2 Redfield Beauty, 2 Delicious (11.5 ounces, 7 ounces), 2 Black and Brown Boar(1), 2 Gypsy, 2 Big Bite (11 ounces, 8 ounces), 2 Thessaloniki, 2 Indigo Apple(1), 2 Jaune Flamme(2), 2 Black Cherry(2), 2 Italian Heirloom (12 ounces, 10 ounces), 2 Chinese Tea, 2 Ramapo (12 ounces, 17 ounces), 2 Indigo Rose, Red Boar(2) (new), Oaxacan Pink (11 ounces), Speckled Roman(3) (7 ounces), Pink Furry Boar, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg (6 ounces), Oaxacan Jewel, Paul Robeson, Marianna's Peace (8.5 ounces), Carmello, Crimson Cushion, Red Currant, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) (6 ounces), Black and Brown Boar(2), Black Krim(1) (7 ounces), Berkeley Tie Dye (8.5 ounces), Japanese Black Trifele (6 ounces), Nyagous(1), Noire Charbonneuse(1), Marmara, Speckled Roman(1), Matt's Wild Cherry, Amazon Chocolate (11 ounces), Green Grape and Nebraska Wedding (14 ounces) for a total of 203 tomatoes.

Well, Earl of Edgecombe was a complete surprise! All four of them were a vibrant deep orange color. All of them were hidden beneath the canopy of leaves around the plant. On a whim I decided to look inside the canopy and hey, look what I found!

We tried an Earl of Edgecombe for breakfast. It was pretty mushy but the flavor still came through. Unfortunately I picked these four about two days too late. That's not the fault of the tomato, it's my fault for not checking sooner. There's another one that should be ready tomorrow.

I did something I hadn't done in a couple of weeks -- I used tomato tape on a lot of branches, especially in the front yard.

My wife finished watering the back yard.

We've now harvested over 1500 SunGold tomatoes (1504) and over 100 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (103). 

Harvested 7 New Tomatoes!

Today's harvest includes 75 SunGold, 37 Husky Cherry Red(1), 34 Husky Cherry Red(2), 9 Black Cherry(1), 9 Yellow Perfection, 7 Jaune Flamme(1), 7 Garden Peach, 7 Red Currant, 6 Yellow Currant, 6 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg (6 ounces, 10.5 ounces), 5 SunSugar, 4 Noire Charbonneuse(1), 4 Carmello, 4 Green Grape, 4 Black and Brown Boar(1), 4 Speckled Roman(2) (9 ounces, 6.5 ounces), 3 Black Krim(2) (8 ounces, 7 ounces, 16 ounces), 3 Dr. Wyche's Yellow (11.5 ounces, 19.5 ounces, 11.5 ounces), 3 Pink Furry Boar, 3 Black Krim(1) (9.5 ounces), 3 Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), 2 Porkchop(2) (new) (6 ounces, 6 ounces), 2 Purple Dog Creek (new) (14.5 ounces, 11.5 ounces), 2 Red Boar(1) (new) (6 ounces), 2 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) (9 ounces, 8.5 ounces), 2 Chinese Tea, 2 Redfield Beauty, 2 Noire Charbonneuse(2), 2 Brad's Black Heart (9.5 ounces, 9 ounces), 2 Snow White(1), 2 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(2) (8 ounces, 7 ounces), 2 Tolstoi, 2 Japanese Black Trifele (9 ounces), 2 Indigo Apple(1), 2 Indigo Rose, 2 Black Cherry(2), 2 Crimson Cushion, 2 Watermelon (6 ounces, 10 ounces), 2 Oaxacan Jewel (11.5 ounces, 19.5 ounces), White Zebra (new), Delicious (new) (8 ounces), Porkchop(1) (new) (7.5 ounces), Pineapple(1) (new) (15 ounces), Sweet Million, Jaune Flamme(2), Sweet 100, Pierce's Pride(2) (6.5 ounces), Big Bite (10 ounces), Black From Tula (8 ounces), Indigo Apple(2), Oaxacan Pink (8. 5 ounces), Creme Brulee and Speckled Roman(3) (6 ounces) for a total of 287 tomatoes.

This is what "high tide" looks like. What a harvest!

My wife now has a part time job just processing all the tomatoes. You name it, she's making it. She spent most of the day filling up 6 quart jars of tomatoes.

I showed my wife the harvested Oaxacan Pink and she believes for now there's a difference between the labeled Oaxacan Pink and Oaxacan Jewel. We'll see.

There are so many good looking tomatoes in today's batch I don't even know where to begin.

Maturing tomatoes include Nebraska Wedding and a yellowing tomato I have yet to identify.

We've now harvested over 1000 SunGold tomatoes this year (1004) and over 400 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes (409). Also, we've harvested over 1000 tomatoes from the front yard in July (1021) and over 3000 overall for the year (3186).
 

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). 

13 Seedlings Planted, Sinking Seedlings Fixed

Today my wife made it a point to catch up with the tomato planting.

She planted Black and Brown Boar, Snow White, Yellow Furry Boar, Speckled Roman(3), Garden Peach, Watermelon, Earl of Edgecombe, Vorlon, Red Boar(2) and Creme Brulee in the holes I had previously dug out and filled. She fixed 15 tubs around the seedlings that had sunk. She also planted Matt's Wild Cherry in a pot.

I came home after work and made two more holes in the back yard. My wife planted Delicious and Oaxacan Pink in these holes.

My wife says we're starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel in regards to getting all the seedlings planted. If all goes well we'll have it done by this weekend. But it could bleed into the beginning of next week.