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 pond" and smoothed out the compost piles. I did the same for the back yard compost piles. Then I dug six holes in the "koi pond" and took a break for breakfast.
It was significantly warmer after breakfast. I dug a hole or two in the back yard and stopped for exhaustion. These back yard holes were trouble because they were in virgin, rocky areas. It took a significant amount of time to clear out about two feet of dirt. I took a shower in the afternoon and took a short nap.
Meanwhile my wife was furiously planting behind me in both the front and back yards.
In the evening I dug three more holes in the "koi pond" and one really rocky hole in the back yard. My wife filled all the holes (save one in the "koi pond" that she thought was too close to another seedling) with seedlings.
Eight tomato plants were planted in the back yard: Green Grape, Red Pear Piriform, Chef's Choice Orange, Green Zebra, Tasmanian Chocolate, Thessaloniki, Speckled Roman and Large Barred Boar.
Eight tomato plants were planted in the front yard: Black Cherry, Paul Robeson, Carol Chyko's Big Paste Black, Earl of Edgecombe, Japanese Black Trifele, Berkeley Tie-Dye, Emmy and Stupice.
I believe we have around seven more seedlings to plant.
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Pulled Out 18 Tomato Plants
There was no harvest on Saturday.
However, the gardeners came and pulled out plenty of tomato plants. The carnage included Sweet 100, Copper River, Big Bite, Carmello, Thessaloniki, Giant Syrian, German Orange Strawberry, Snow White(1), Black and Brown Boar(2), Purple Dog Creek, Delicious, Neves Azorean Red, Italian Heirloom, Amazon Chocolate, Amana Orange, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Watermelon and Pineapple(2) -- 18 plants in all. I might have kept one or two of those, but a vast majority were ready to go. We're left with 6 plants left but one of them was missed by the gardeners. We have 5 good ones remaining.
Both Husky Cherry Red tomato plants are still going even though they were planted in February. They're tough, rugged plants that take a licking and keep on ticking...
Yesterday got up to 101.9. The heat just will not let up for any appreciable period of time...
Today's harvest includes 4 Husky Cherry Red(2), SunGold and Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
However, the gardeners came and pulled out plenty of tomato plants. The carnage included Sweet 100, Copper River, Big Bite, Carmello, Thessaloniki, Giant Syrian, German Orange Strawberry, Snow White(1), Black and Brown Boar(2), Purple Dog Creek, Delicious, Neves Azorean Red, Italian Heirloom, Amazon Chocolate, Amana Orange, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Watermelon and Pineapple(2) -- 18 plants in all. I might have kept one or two of those, but a vast majority were ready to go. We're left with 6 plants left but one of them was missed by the gardeners. We have 5 good ones remaining.
Both Husky Cherry Red tomato plants are still going even though they were planted in February. They're tough, rugged plants that take a licking and keep on ticking...
Yesterday got up to 101.9. The heat just will not let up for any appreciable period of time...
Today's harvest includes 4 Husky Cherry Red(2), SunGold and Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
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.
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.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Fourteen Plants Pulled...
Today's harvest includes 10 Snow White(1), 3 Amana Orange, 3 Indigo Rose, 2 Snow White(2), 2 Carmello, 2 Delicious (6 ounces), Husky Cherry Red(1), Thessaloniki, Nebraska Wedding, Japanese Black Trifele, Pierce's Pride(1), Porkchop(1), SunGold, Ella's Pink Plum, Big Bite (6 ounces), Brad's Black Heart, Italian Heirloom, Marianna's Peace (6 ounces) and Marmara for a total of 35 tomatoes.
The gardeners did come and pull tomatoes. A lot of them, all in the back yard. The list includes Black Cherry(1), Brad's Black Heart, Black From Tula, Japanese Black Trifele, Black Cherry(2), Marianna's Peace, Noire Charbonneuse(2), Indigo Apple(2), Earl of Edgecombe, Gypsy, Marmara, Red Boar(1), Indigo Rose and Red Boar(2)...14 plants in all. And the ones I listed yesterday need to be removed as well.
Having noted that, I wasn't expecting either Black Cherry to be pulled. But it's done. The raised bed is now cleared out with the removal of Indigo Rose and Red Boar(2). The ground will be prepared for winter crops.
Some of the pulled plants had salvageable tomatoes, which were added to today's totals.
Will we break our all time record? Perhaps, but the removal of the two Black Cherry plants puts it in some doubt.
On a bookkeeping note, Garden Peach was pulled a while ago. I guessed the date as August 22.
The gardeners did come and pull tomatoes. A lot of them, all in the back yard. The list includes Black Cherry(1), Brad's Black Heart, Black From Tula, Japanese Black Trifele, Black Cherry(2), Marianna's Peace, Noire Charbonneuse(2), Indigo Apple(2), Earl of Edgecombe, Gypsy, Marmara, Red Boar(1), Indigo Rose and Red Boar(2)...14 plants in all. And the ones I listed yesterday need to be removed as well.
Having noted that, I wasn't expecting either Black Cherry to be pulled. But it's done. The raised bed is now cleared out with the removal of Indigo Rose and Red Boar(2). The ground will be prepared for winter crops.
Some of the pulled plants had salvageable tomatoes, which were added to today's totals.
Will we break our all time record? Perhaps, but the removal of the two Black Cherry plants puts it in some doubt.
On a bookkeeping note, Garden Peach was pulled a while ago. I guessed the date as August 22.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Harvested Over 750 Black Cherry(1) Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 8 Black Cherry(1), 7 Snow White(1), 4 Indigo Rose, 3 Yellow Perfection, 3 Black Cherry(2), 3 Japanese Black Trifele, 2 Carmello, 2 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 Thessaloniki, 2 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Oaxacan Jewel, 2 Red Currant, 2 Big Bite, SunGold, Black and Brown Boar(2), Purple Dog Creek (6 ounces), Marmara, Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Red Boar(2) and Snow White(2) for a total of 49 tomatoes.
Yesterday we did nothing with the tomatoes except harvest them in the morning. After the harvest I took a shower and my wife and I spent the morning at Paradise Cove. We left around noon, drove home, changed into swim trunks and went to a friend's house to swim in their pool. We were there for several hours and had a lot of fun! We drove home, showered, then went out to dinner. After dinner we washed the dog. I walked him at night. In essence we relaxed all day and thanked ourselves at the end of the day for doing so.
We've now harvested over 750 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (751) and over 350 Snow White(1) tomatoes (351) this year!
Yesterday we did nothing with the tomatoes except harvest them in the morning. After the harvest I took a shower and my wife and I spent the morning at Paradise Cove. We left around noon, drove home, changed into swim trunks and went to a friend's house to swim in their pool. We were there for several hours and had a lot of fun! We drove home, showered, then went out to dinner. After dinner we washed the dog. I walked him at night. In essence we relaxed all day and thanked ourselves at the end of the day for doing so.
We've now harvested over 750 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (751) and over 350 Snow White(1) tomatoes (351) this year!
Sunday, September 2, 2012
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...
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...
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Harvested 50 Gypsy Tomatoes This Year!
Today's harvest includes 12 Thessaloniki, 8 Black Cherry(2), 5 Black Cherry(1), 4 Yellow Perfection, 4 Red Currant, 3 SunGold, 3 Japanese Black Trifele, 3 Marmara, 3 Snow White(2), 3 Indigo Rose, 3 Snow White(1), 2 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 2 Oaxacan Jewel, 2 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Red Boar(2), 2 SunSugar, 2 Husky Cherry Red(1), Indigo Apple(1), Black and Brown Boar(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Big Bite, Carmello, Husky Cherry Red(2), Marianna's Peace (11 ounces), Noire Charbonneuse(2), Pineapple(2) and Gypsy for a total of 74 tomatoes.
Thessaloniki is going through a second wave. We didn't harvest Thessaloniki from July 31 to August 12. August 13, 1 tomato. 5 more empty days, then 1 tomato on August 19. Since August 22 we've harvested 35 Thessaloniki tomatoes, at least 1 every day, 19 over the last two days.
We've traded tomatoes with friends over the last several weeks and have received figs and peaches in return.
Yesterday's high: 93.7. That's okay. And it was clearly cooler at night.
It's not clear why the harvest nearly doubled today. It just is.
We've now harvested 50 Gypsy tomatoes this year! When we've tasted Gypsy this year we've liked it.
Thessaloniki is going through a second wave. We didn't harvest Thessaloniki from July 31 to August 12. August 13, 1 tomato. 5 more empty days, then 1 tomato on August 19. Since August 22 we've harvested 35 Thessaloniki tomatoes, at least 1 every day, 19 over the last two days.
We've traded tomatoes with friends over the last several weeks and have received figs and peaches in return.
Yesterday's high: 93.7. That's okay. And it was clearly cooler at night.
It's not clear why the harvest nearly doubled today. It just is.
We've now harvested 50 Gypsy tomatoes this year! When we've tasted Gypsy this year we've liked it.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Harvested Over 150 Indigo Rose Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 7 Thessaloniki, 6 Indigo Rose, 6 Yellow Perfection, 5 Black Cherry(1), 4 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 SunGold, 2 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Snow White(1), Porkchop(1), Black and Brown Boar(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Red Currant, Big Bite, Carmello, Japanese Black Trifele, Amana Orange, Marmara and Red Boar(2) for a total of 44 tomatoes.
It got up to 98.0 yesterday, still pretty hot.
We ended up harvesting 3240 tomatoes for the month of August. That's a very, very solid total considering how hot it was all month.
We've now harvested over 150 Indigo Rose tomatoes for the year (152)! Also, we ended up harvesting 200 Snow White(1) tomatoes and 50 Carmello tomatoes for the month of August.
More plants can be pulled when my wife can get around to pulling them. The August heat was murder on these plants...
It got up to 98.0 yesterday, still pretty hot.
We ended up harvesting 3240 tomatoes for the month of August. That's a very, very solid total considering how hot it was all month.
We've now harvested over 150 Indigo Rose tomatoes for the year (152)! Also, we ended up harvesting 200 Snow White(1) tomatoes and 50 Carmello tomatoes for the month of August.
More plants can be pulled when my wife can get around to pulling them. The August heat was murder on these plants...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Pulled Out Four More Tomato Plants
Today's harvest includes 6 Indigo Rose, 4 Black Cherry(1), 4 SunGold, 4 Husky Cherry Red(1), 3 Japanese Black Trifele, 3 Snow White(1), 3 Yellow Perfection, 2 Gypsy, 2 Redfield Beauty, 2 Snow White(1), 2 Thessaloniki, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Marmara, Carmello, Husky Cherry Red(2), Black Cherry(2), Indigo Apple(2) and Green Grape for a total of 42 tomatoes.
My wife pulled out Pink Furry Boar, Chinese Tea, Nyagous(1) and Vorlon. She also watered half the back yard tomatoes and the container plants in the back yard.
We've harvested 550 SunGold tomatoes this month (551) and 150 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes in August, but I'm grasping for milestones now.
More plants will get pulled tomorrow.
My wife pulled out Pink Furry Boar, Chinese Tea, Nyagous(1) and Vorlon. She also watered half the back yard tomatoes and the container plants in the back yard.
We've harvested 550 SunGold tomatoes this month (551) and 150 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes in August, but I'm grasping for milestones now.
More plants will get pulled tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Harvested Over 10,000 Tomatoes This Year!
Today's harvest includes 7 SunGold, 6 Indigo Rose, 5 Snow White(1), 4 Black Cherry(2), 4 Carmello, 3 Yellow Perfection, 3 Snow White(2), 2 Big Bite (7 ounces), 2 Gypsy, 2 Black Cherry(1), 2 Red Currant, 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), Redfield Beauty, Indigo Apple(1), Brad's Black Heart (12.5 ounces), Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Sweet Million, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1), Thessaloniki, Husky Cherry Red(1), Japanese Black Trifele, Watermelon (7 ounces) and SunSugar for a total of 53 tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 10,000 tomatoes for the year (10046)!! Also, we've harvested over 6500 tomatoes in the back yard (6539) and over 3500 tomatoes in the front yard (3507). It's been a great year so far!
The Brad's Black Heart is a late beauty!
We are now within 100 SunGold tomatoes of our all time harvest for one plant per year (Matt's Wild Cherry, 2727 tomatoes) with 2628 harvested tomatoes so far this year.
It got up to 99 yesterday with as low as 10 percent humidity. It should be even warmer today.
My wife should be pulling out some tomato plants today.
I added fertilizer to the container plants this morning.
We've now harvested over 200 Red Currant tomatoes (201), over 50 Big Bite tomatoes (51) and 50 Thessaloniki tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 10,000 tomatoes for the year (10046)!! Also, we've harvested over 6500 tomatoes in the back yard (6539) and over 3500 tomatoes in the front yard (3507). It's been a great year so far!
The Brad's Black Heart is a late beauty!
We are now within 100 SunGold tomatoes of our all time harvest for one plant per year (Matt's Wild Cherry, 2727 tomatoes) with 2628 harvested tomatoes so far this year.
It got up to 99 yesterday with as low as 10 percent humidity. It should be even warmer today.
My wife should be pulling out some tomato plants today.
I added fertilizer to the container plants this morning.
We've now harvested over 200 Red Currant tomatoes (201), over 50 Big Bite tomatoes (51) and 50 Thessaloniki tomatoes.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Harvested 150 Black Cherry(1) Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 11 SunGold, 6 Indigo Rose, 4 Yellow Perfection, 3 Black Cherry(1), 2 Oaxacan Jewel (6.5 ounces), 2 Carmello, 2 Thessaloniki, 2 Speckled Roman(3), 2 Snow White(1), 2 Snow White(2), Chinese Tea, Porkchop(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Big Bite, Pink Furry Boar, Crimson Cushion, Husky Cherry Red(1), German Orange Strawberry, Japanese Black Trifele, Black Cherry(2), Gypsy and Red Boar(1) for a total of 49 tomatoes.
Back when we were harvesting 162 tomatoes a day I mentioned we might only be harvesting about 30 by the end of the month. We're getting there...
The weather is warming up again...
We almost hit some major milestones today. Tomorrow we'll hit at least three milestones.
We've now harvested 150 Black Cherry(2) tomatoes and 50 Japanese Black Trifele tomatoes this year.
Back when we were harvesting 162 tomatoes a day I mentioned we might only be harvesting about 30 by the end of the month. We're getting there...
The weather is warming up again...
We almost hit some major milestones today. Tomorrow we'll hit at least three milestones.
We've now harvested 150 Black Cherry(2) tomatoes and 50 Japanese Black Trifele tomatoes this year.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Harvested Over 2400 SunGold Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 36 Black Cherry(1), 35 SunGold, 14 Snow White(1), 14 Snow White(2), 7 Husky Cherry Red(2), 6 Black Cherry(2), 5 Sweet Million, 5 Husky Cherry Red(1), 4 Red Currant, 4 SunSugar, 3 Redfield Beauty, 2 Nyagous(1), 2 Black From Tula (6.5 ounces), 2 White Zebra, 2 Sweet 100, 2 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 2 Neves Azorean Red (14, ounces, 10 ounces), 2 Green Grape, 2 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Vorlon, Speckled Roman(2), Pierce's Pride(2), Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1), Yellow Perfection, Thessaloniki, German Orange Strawberry (9 ounces), Black and Brown Boar(2), Amazon Chocolate, Noire Charbonneuse(2), Marmara, Red Boar(1), Ramapo, Indigo Rose, Red Boar(2), Jaune Flamme(2), Porkchop(2) and Tolstoi for a total of 169 tomatoes.
Yesterday's high was 107.8. Need I say more?
I was going to mention that while most of the cherry tomatoes are thinning out, Black Cherry(1) still had a fair amount to tomatoes to mature. As you see but the sudden increase, some of them matured yesterday!
Today's harvested Neves Azorean Red tomatoes look quite nice.
Black Krim(2), Sweet Baby Girl and Creme Brulee were pulled. I told my wife that three more in the front yard could also be pulled.
We've now harvested over 5500 back yard tomatoes this year (5502). Also we've harvested over 2400 SunGold tomatoes (2415), over 500 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (502) and over 250 Snow White(1) tomatoes (251).
Yesterday's high was 107.8. Need I say more?
I was going to mention that while most of the cherry tomatoes are thinning out, Black Cherry(1) still had a fair amount to tomatoes to mature. As you see but the sudden increase, some of them matured yesterday!
Today's harvested Neves Azorean Red tomatoes look quite nice.
Black Krim(2), Sweet Baby Girl and Creme Brulee were pulled. I told my wife that three more in the front yard could also be pulled.
We've now harvested over 5500 back yard tomatoes this year (5502). Also we've harvested over 2400 SunGold tomatoes (2415), over 500 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (502) and over 250 Snow White(1) tomatoes (251).
Thursday, August 2, 2012
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.
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.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Harvested Over 200 Black Cherry(1) Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 66 SunGold, 37 Black Cherry(1), 22 Husky Cherry Red(1), 16 Husky Cherry Red(2), 11 Black Cherry(2), 7 Yellow Perfection, 7 Snow White(1), 6 Indigo Apple(1), 5 Garden Peach, 5 Indigo Rose, 4 Chinese Tea, 4 Snow White(2), 4 Amazon Chocolate (7 ounces, 10 ounces, 6.5 ounces, 8.5 ounces), 3 Redfield Beauty, 3 Pink Furry Boar, 3 Yellow Furry Boar, 3 SunSugar, 3 Ramapo (8 ounces, 8.5 ounces, 8 ounces), 3 Creme Brulee (6 ounces), 3 Nyagous(2) (not Nyagous), 2 Black and Brown Boar(2), 2 Brad's Black Heart (10 ounces), 2 Black Krim(2) (6 ounces, 6 ounces), 2 Green Grape, 2 Black From Tula (11 ounces), 2 Thessaloniki, 2 Gypsy, 2 Marmara, 2 Pierce's Pride(1) (7 ounces, 11 ounces), 2 Marianna's Peace (10.5 ounces, 11 ounces), 2 Amana Orange (12.5 ounces, 9.5 ounces), Noire Charbonneuse(1), Berkeley Tie Dye (6 ounces), German Orange Strawberry, Paul Robeson, Black Krim(1) (10 ounces), Nyagous(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow (6 ounces), Persimmon (13.5 ounces), Oaxacan Jewel (13 ounces), Sweet Million, Sweet 100, Ella's Pink Plum, Oaxacan Pink (9 ounces), Speckled Roman(3), Indigo Apple(2), Delicious (9.5 ounces), Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Taxi and Jaune Flamme(2) for a total of 256 tomatoes.
I realized yesterday afternoon that I had missed the second to back row in the back yard cutout. I made it a point to go there today and found some good Amazon Chocolate, Black Cherry(2) and Ramapo tomatoes.
My wife watered some of the front yard tomatoes yesterday.
After today's harvest I told my wife that Paul Robeson was done. She pulled it out about 20 minutes later.
Other than that, Black Cherry and Snow White are keeping our numbers high. We like both tomatoes, so this is great!
A Big Zebra tomato is maturing. And I need to take a look at Neves Azorean Red, I don't know what the heck is happening with that plant. I know we haven't harvested anything for this one.
We've harvested over 200 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (220) and 100 Garden Peach tomatoes. Also, we've now harvested over 2000 front yard tomatoes in July and over 5500 tomatoes for 2012 (5739).
I realized yesterday afternoon that I had missed the second to back row in the back yard cutout. I made it a point to go there today and found some good Amazon Chocolate, Black Cherry(2) and Ramapo tomatoes.
My wife watered some of the front yard tomatoes yesterday.
After today's harvest I told my wife that Paul Robeson was done. She pulled it out about 20 minutes later.
Other than that, Black Cherry and Snow White are keeping our numbers high. We like both tomatoes, so this is great!
A Big Zebra tomato is maturing. And I need to take a look at Neves Azorean Red, I don't know what the heck is happening with that plant. I know we haven't harvested anything for this one.
We've harvested over 200 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (220) and 100 Garden Peach tomatoes. Also, we've now harvested over 2000 front yard tomatoes in July and over 5500 tomatoes for 2012 (5739).
Monday, July 16, 2012
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)
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)
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Harvested Speckled Roman(3), Nyagous(2) and Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1)!
Today's harvest includes 73 SunGold, 12 Husky Cherry Red(2), 12 Husky Cherry Red(1), 6 Red Currant, 6 Green Grape, 5 Yellow Currant, 3 Nyagous(1), 3 Sweet Million, 3 Speckled Roman(2), 3 Yellow Perfection, 2 Nyagous(2) (new) (not Nyagous), 2 Tolstoi, 2 Redfield Beauty, 2 Big Bite, 2 Jaune Flamme(1), 2 Crimson Cushion, 2 Carmello, 2 Oaxacan Jewel (9.5 ounces, 13 ounces), Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1) (new) (7 ounces), Speckled Roman(3) (new), Speckled Roman(1), Chinese Tea, Berkeley Tie Dye (6 ounces), Matt's Wild Cherry, Sweet 100, Black Cherry(1), Black From Tula (6 ounces), Black Krim(2) (6 ounces), Thessaloniki, Giant Syrian (11 ounces), Garden Peach, Indigo Rose, Jaune Flamme(2) and SunSugar for a total of 158 tomatoes.
My wife watered the back yard tomatoes yesterday. Afterwards, Black Cherry(1) fell into Brad's Black Heart. I fixed Black Cherry(1) in the morning. But Brad's Black Heart sustained some minor damage.
Two days ago it got up to 98.5 at Pierce College, about a mile away. Yesterday it got up to 103.1. Today may be even hotter. Watch the smaller tomatoes ripen faster (73 SunGolds!) followed by the mid-sized tomatoes and so on. We should have a wave of tomatoes in the few days as the heat pushes them to maturity.
I had a computer board meeting in the evening and brought tomatoes to the other board members.
Maturing tomatoes include Amazon Chocolate and Oaxacan Pink.
We've now harvested over 700 SunGold tomatoes (703)!
My wife watered the back yard tomatoes yesterday. Afterwards, Black Cherry(1) fell into Brad's Black Heart. I fixed Black Cherry(1) in the morning. But Brad's Black Heart sustained some minor damage.
Two days ago it got up to 98.5 at Pierce College, about a mile away. Yesterday it got up to 103.1. Today may be even hotter. Watch the smaller tomatoes ripen faster (73 SunGolds!) followed by the mid-sized tomatoes and so on. We should have a wave of tomatoes in the few days as the heat pushes them to maturity.
I had a computer board meeting in the evening and brought tomatoes to the other board members.
Maturing tomatoes include Amazon Chocolate and Oaxacan Pink.
We've now harvested over 700 SunGold tomatoes (703)!
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Harvested Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Speckled Roman(2) and Indigo Rose!
Today's harvest includes 23 SunGold, 18 Husky Cherry Red(2), 11 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 SunSugar, 2 Green Grape, Dr. Wyche's Yellow (new) (17 ounces), Speckled Roman(2) (new), Indigo Rose (new), Nyagous(1), Noire Charbonneuse(1), Sweet Million, Sweet 100, Ella's Pink Plum, Red Currant, Carmello and Thessaloniki for a total of 67 tomatoes.
Dr. Wyche's Yellow is the first harvested tomato of 2012 that's six ounces or more. And that's not a misprint -- it weighs in at one pound, one ounce. That's an unusual size for our first big tomato of the year! What's scary is there appears to be bigger tomatoes on the vine for this plant.
The harvested Speckled Roman(2) is a good size. Not quite hand grenade thick but it looks excellent nonetheless.
The Indigo Rose had a slight red glow at the shoulders yesterday. Today it was more pronounced so I harvested it. On the side I was looking at it was dark, dark, dark with a red aura at the top. On the other side the darkness was much less pronounced. We may wait a day or two to try it just to see if the red areas become more pronounced.
In a slightly unusual situation, our harvest numbers are dropping because a couple of our container plants (Sweet Baby Girl, Sweet Million and Sweet 100, for example) are simply exhausted. They should get a second wind but it will be a couple of weeks or more I believe.
And in another unusual situation, the Husky Cherry Red plants aren't as tall as they were a week or two ago. The weight of the fruit is pulling down the branches!
The maturing tomatoes include Speckled Roman(1), Black Krim(2), Tolstoi and Black From Tula. It's getting serious now, the big boys are coming...
Dr. Wyche's Yellow is the first harvested tomato of 2012 that's six ounces or more. And that's not a misprint -- it weighs in at one pound, one ounce. That's an unusual size for our first big tomato of the year! What's scary is there appears to be bigger tomatoes on the vine for this plant.
The harvested Speckled Roman(2) is a good size. Not quite hand grenade thick but it looks excellent nonetheless.
The Indigo Rose had a slight red glow at the shoulders yesterday. Today it was more pronounced so I harvested it. On the side I was looking at it was dark, dark, dark with a red aura at the top. On the other side the darkness was much less pronounced. We may wait a day or two to try it just to see if the red areas become more pronounced.
In a slightly unusual situation, our harvest numbers are dropping because a couple of our container plants (Sweet Baby Girl, Sweet Million and Sweet 100, for example) are simply exhausted. They should get a second wind but it will be a couple of weeks or more I believe.
And in another unusual situation, the Husky Cherry Red plants aren't as tall as they were a week or two ago. The weight of the fruit is pulling down the branches!
The maturing tomatoes include Speckled Roman(1), Black Krim(2), Tolstoi and Black From Tula. It's getting serious now, the big boys are coming...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Harvested Thessaloniki, Black Cherry(2) and Redfield Beauty!
This morning's harvest includes 18 SunGold, 12 Sweet Baby Girl, 11 Husky Cherry Red(1), 6 Husky Cherry Red(2), 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 3 SunSugar, 2 Nyagous(1), 2 Sweet Million, 2 Sweet 100, 2 Red Currant, 2 Yellow Perfection, Redfield Beauty (new), Thessaloniki (new), Black Cherry(2) (new), Yellow Currant and Black Cherry(1) for a total of 68 tomatoes.
Yesterday evening I took a little time to look at the tomatoes. Black Cherry(2) was a surprise -- the tomato I was looking at was not only maturing, it was ready for harvest. So I harvested it this morning. I saw a small Redfield Beauty maturing. I decided to harvest it right away because the tomato had some large flaws. We're not going to be able to eat it as is. My wife will cut it up and save the good parts for a salad or a dish. It was good enough to use, so it gets counted.
But the main issue was with the two Husky Cherry Red tomato plants. The two plants had been sprawling. A couple of the branches were getting so heavy that they were doubling over due to the weight of the tomatoes. I've been essentially avoiding the repair work until I had more time. I had "fixed" one branch yesterday morning but by the time I got back in the evening, the branch was wilting. The branch developed a weakness that affected the rest of the branch. I brought my wife over to literally stand between the two plants (propping them both up where they met), added a couple of stakes and tape. We lost about a dozen Husky Cherry Red tomatoes fixing the branches. It remains to be seen if the bad branch is saved. It had about 40 growing tomatoes on it.
But I also saw other maturing tomatoes. These include Speckled Roman(2), Dr. Wyche's Yellow and this morning it appears that Giant Syrian is maturing.
The weather this week will top off in the low 90's. A lot of plants will get maturing tomatoes.
I won't be able to look at the plants this evening. I could have some surprises tomorrow morning.
Sorry for the late post, I had a busy morning...
Yesterday evening I took a little time to look at the tomatoes. Black Cherry(2) was a surprise -- the tomato I was looking at was not only maturing, it was ready for harvest. So I harvested it this morning. I saw a small Redfield Beauty maturing. I decided to harvest it right away because the tomato had some large flaws. We're not going to be able to eat it as is. My wife will cut it up and save the good parts for a salad or a dish. It was good enough to use, so it gets counted.
But the main issue was with the two Husky Cherry Red tomato plants. The two plants had been sprawling. A couple of the branches were getting so heavy that they were doubling over due to the weight of the tomatoes. I've been essentially avoiding the repair work until I had more time. I had "fixed" one branch yesterday morning but by the time I got back in the evening, the branch was wilting. The branch developed a weakness that affected the rest of the branch. I brought my wife over to literally stand between the two plants (propping them both up where they met), added a couple of stakes and tape. We lost about a dozen Husky Cherry Red tomatoes fixing the branches. It remains to be seen if the bad branch is saved. It had about 40 growing tomatoes on it.
But I also saw other maturing tomatoes. These include Speckled Roman(2), Dr. Wyche's Yellow and this morning it appears that Giant Syrian is maturing.
The weather this week will top off in the low 90's. A lot of plants will get maturing tomatoes.
I won't be able to look at the plants this evening. I could have some surprises tomorrow morning.
Sorry for the late post, I had a busy morning...
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Harvested Green Grape, Ella's Pink Plum and Yellow Currant!
Today's harvest includes 10 Husky Cherry Red(1), 8 SunGold, 5 Husky Cherry Red(2), 4 Green Grape (new), 4 Sweet Baby Girl, 3 Yellow Perfection, 2 Yellow Currant (new), 2 Ella's Pink Plum (new) Sweet Million and SunSugar for a total of 40 tomatoes.
We were anticipating harvesting the Yellow Currant and Ella's Pink Plum tomatoes but the Green Grape tomatoes came as a surprise! I noticed them yesterday evening. The Green Grape tomatoes look fantastic! I'll have a couple more to harvest tomorrow.
I harvested a couple of Yellow Perfection tomatoes a little sooner than normal. These were literally touching the ground. We have a small pile of uneaten tomatoes, and they'll just join the pile.
Other plants with maturing tomatoes include Noire Charbonneuse(1), Thessaloniki and Carmello.
I did a little more trimming, training, staking and looking for maturing tomates yesterday evening. At this point I'm more fighting for maneuvering room with the training than anything else. These plants are already quite tall.
Update: Our toy poodle was barking in the back yard most of the morning, to the point where I was getting somewhat annoyed. I brought him inside when I intended to start this blog post. As I was typing, he clearly wanted to go back out. Eventually he started to scratch the door. My wife decided to let him out, but she followed.
Turns out we had trapped an opossum in a HavaHart trap. That in and of itself isn't unusual, we have to do that once or twice a year. What made it unusual is that we didn't bait the trap! The opossum went in there all by himself (or herself). Now we know what our poodle was excited about.
On the way back in the house, I asked my wife to check out Ella's Pink Plum. She tested them and found them ready to harvest. I hadn't finished posting today's blog so I added them to today's numbers.
We were anticipating harvesting the Yellow Currant and Ella's Pink Plum tomatoes but the Green Grape tomatoes came as a surprise! I noticed them yesterday evening. The Green Grape tomatoes look fantastic! I'll have a couple more to harvest tomorrow.
I harvested a couple of Yellow Perfection tomatoes a little sooner than normal. These were literally touching the ground. We have a small pile of uneaten tomatoes, and they'll just join the pile.
Other plants with maturing tomatoes include Noire Charbonneuse(1), Thessaloniki and Carmello.
I did a little more trimming, training, staking and looking for maturing tomates yesterday evening. At this point I'm more fighting for maneuvering room with the training than anything else. These plants are already quite tall.
Update: Our toy poodle was barking in the back yard most of the morning, to the point where I was getting somewhat annoyed. I brought him inside when I intended to start this blog post. As I was typing, he clearly wanted to go back out. Eventually he started to scratch the door. My wife decided to let him out, but she followed.
Turns out we had trapped an opossum in a HavaHart trap. That in and of itself isn't unusual, we have to do that once or twice a year. What made it unusual is that we didn't bait the trap! The opossum went in there all by himself (or herself). Now we know what our poodle was excited about.
On the way back in the house, I asked my wife to check out Ella's Pink Plum. She tested them and found them ready to harvest. I hadn't finished posting today's blog so I added them to today's numbers.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Harvested More Husky Cherry Red(2) Tomatoes!
Friday's harvest: Husky Cherry Red(2).
My wife watered the back yard tomatoes. But it took 2 and a half hours to hand water. We're looking into drip systems and soaker hoses.
My wife also purchased an Aunt Ruby's German Green to replace Vorlon(2). In the evening I put in all the extensions to the Texas Cages -- some of our tomato plants are already getting large!
We were busy all day Saturday so nothing happened in the garden.
On Sunday I snipped off the lower stems in the front yard. Also, I spent a fair amount "training" the tomato plants. In the evening (just before the eclipse) we purchased green stakes for our cages.
We wanted to get more done on Sunday but it simply got too hot. It got up to 98 degrees.
What's left to do? Plant Aunt Ruby's German Green. Make about six more cages and install them. At that point -- finally!!! -- it's maintenance. Maintenance includes "training" the plants, staking them, fertilizing the containers and watering.
Several plants have growing tomatoes. These include Taxi, Giant Syrian, Thessaloniki and Black Cherry(1).
Today's harvest: Husky Cherry Red(2).
My wife watered the back yard tomatoes. But it took 2 and a half hours to hand water. We're looking into drip systems and soaker hoses.
My wife also purchased an Aunt Ruby's German Green to replace Vorlon(2). In the evening I put in all the extensions to the Texas Cages -- some of our tomato plants are already getting large!
We were busy all day Saturday so nothing happened in the garden.
On Sunday I snipped off the lower stems in the front yard. Also, I spent a fair amount "training" the tomato plants. In the evening (just before the eclipse) we purchased green stakes for our cages.
We wanted to get more done on Sunday but it simply got too hot. It got up to 98 degrees.
What's left to do? Plant Aunt Ruby's German Green. Make about six more cages and install them. At that point -- finally!!! -- it's maintenance. Maintenance includes "training" the plants, staking them, fertilizing the containers and watering.
Several plants have growing tomatoes. These include Taxi, Giant Syrian, Thessaloniki and Black Cherry(1).
Today's harvest: Husky Cherry Red(2).
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