Monday, July 25, 2011
The Tide Came Back;Harvested Over 3000 Tomatoes This Year
Today's harvest includes 55 Snow White, 40 Matt's Wild Cherry, 17 Golden Mama, 12 Garden Peach, 8 Husky Cherry Red(1), 8 Husky Cherry Red(2), 4 Haley's Purple Comet, 4 Green Grape, 4 Jaune Flamme, 4 Sweet Carneros Pink, 4 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (6.5 ounces, 6.5 ounces), 3 Big White Pink Stripe (11.5 ounces, 13 ounces, 8 ounces), 3 Stupice, 3 SunSugar, 3 Orange And Green Zebra, 3 Black Seaman(2), 3 Porkchop (6 ounces), 2 German Orange Strawberry, 2 Oaxacan Jewel, 2 Cassidy's Folly, 2 Michael Pollan, 2 Southern Night, 2 Lime Green Salad, SunGold(1), Red Zebra, Portuguese Neighbor (10.5 ounces), Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Kellogg's Breakfast (12.5 ounces), Big Zebra (6 ounces), Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Paul Robeson(2), Hungarian Heart (13 ounces) and Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe for a total of 201 tomatoes.
The previous high harvest total for this year was on July 13, 200 tomatoes. Usually these harvests roughly follow a bell curve. Once the original high is established, well, that's the high! Here we are, 10 days later with a new high after dropping to a "low" of 112 tomatoes on July 19. I've not experienced this before. I attribute this partially to the weather and more to all the maturing Snow White tomatoes.
Actually I had expected the "high" to be around this time of the year, based on our late planting.
We've now harvested over 3000 tomatoes this year!
Last night we ate another Porkchop. It wasn't as heavenly as the ones we ate Saturday. I recommend eating Porkchop when the tomato is soft, but not too soft.
The maturing Coyote tomato doesn't look like a Coyote tomato. It's something else.
A Mexico tomato is maturing.
The previous high harvest total for this year was on July 13, 200 tomatoes. Usually these harvests roughly follow a bell curve. Once the original high is established, well, that's the high! Here we are, 10 days later with a new high after dropping to a "low" of 112 tomatoes on July 19. I've not experienced this before. I attribute this partially to the weather and more to all the maturing Snow White tomatoes.
Actually I had expected the "high" to be around this time of the year, based on our late planting.
We've now harvested over 3000 tomatoes this year!
Last night we ate another Porkchop. It wasn't as heavenly as the ones we ate Saturday. I recommend eating Porkchop when the tomato is soft, but not too soft.
The maturing Coyote tomato doesn't look like a Coyote tomato. It's something else.
A Mexico tomato is maturing.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
What Was Life Before Porkchop?
Today's harvest includes 42 Snow White, 30 Matt's Wild Cherry, 8 Husky Cherry Red(2), 8 Husky Cherry Red(1), 6 Porkchop (9.5 ounces, 6 ounces, 7 ounces, 6 ounces, 8 ounces), 6 Garden Peach, 4 SunSugar, 4 Southern Night (6.5 ounces), 4 Golden Mama, 4 SunGold(1), 4 German Orange Strawberry (6 ounces), 3 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 3 Haley's Purple Comet, 3 Orange And Green Zebra, 3 Black Seaman(2), 3 Sweet Carneros Pink, 2 Oaxacan Jewel(2), 2 Portuguese Neighbor (9.5 ounces, 6.5 ounces), 2 Paul Robeson(2), 2 Jaune Flamme, 2 Big White Pink Stripe, 2 Green Grape, Bloody Butcher, Patio, Aunt Ruby's German Green(3), Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Green Doctors Kiwi(2), Lime Green Salad, Hungarian Heart, Large Pink Anna(2), Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), Cassidy's Folly, Australian Giant Oxheart (6.5 ounces) and Yellow Brandywine (12 ounces) for a total of 159 tomatoes.
We invited our friends Elizabeth and Ricardo over to our house for a little barbeque. We had just purchased a new gas barbeque last week and invited them over to hook it up and try it out. Everything worked fine. We'll be barbequing as it stays hot in the valley.
We had a taste test with several of our tomatoes, including Black Krim, Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Yellow Brandywine, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Porkchop and Orange And Green Zebra. Everybody's least favorite was Orange And Green Zebra, by far. It's not a bad tomato but I don't find it that attractive a tomato, either. Black Krim was tasty and juicy. Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red was just as good as I remember it -- perhaps this tomato was a bit more mellow than the last one. Aunt Ruby's German Green was very nice.
But, oh my God, everyone's favorite, including me, was Porkchop. These tomatoes weren't the Porkchop I had tried before, these were stupendously good. Wow, just wow. There's life before Porkchop and life after Porkchop and life after Porkchop is heaven. Okay, I'm being melodramatic but yesterday's Porkchop tomatoes were the best tomatoes I've had in a couple of years. This goes on our "must have" list. Now I get it!
Matt's Wild Cherry has reached over 500 harvested tomatoes.
A Coyote tomato is maturing.
My wife told me that she processed enough tomatoes to make 23 cups of tomato puree!
We invited our friends Elizabeth and Ricardo over to our house for a little barbeque. We had just purchased a new gas barbeque last week and invited them over to hook it up and try it out. Everything worked fine. We'll be barbequing as it stays hot in the valley.
We had a taste test with several of our tomatoes, including Black Krim, Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Yellow Brandywine, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Porkchop and Orange And Green Zebra. Everybody's least favorite was Orange And Green Zebra, by far. It's not a bad tomato but I don't find it that attractive a tomato, either. Black Krim was tasty and juicy. Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red was just as good as I remember it -- perhaps this tomato was a bit more mellow than the last one. Aunt Ruby's German Green was very nice.
But, oh my God, everyone's favorite, including me, was Porkchop. These tomatoes weren't the Porkchop I had tried before, these were stupendously good. Wow, just wow. There's life before Porkchop and life after Porkchop and life after Porkchop is heaven. Okay, I'm being melodramatic but yesterday's Porkchop tomatoes were the best tomatoes I've had in a couple of years. This goes on our "must have" list. Now I get it!
Matt's Wild Cherry has reached over 500 harvested tomatoes.
A Coyote tomato is maturing.
My wife told me that she processed enough tomatoes to make 23 cups of tomato puree!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Harvested Red Zebra and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3)!
Today's harvest includes 32 Matt's Wild Cherry, 21 Snow White, 9 Husky Cherry Red(1), 8 Husky Cherry Red(2), 5 Black Seaman(2), 5 Haley's Purple Comet, 4 Golden Mama, 4 SunGold(1), 4 Garden Peach, 3 Cassidy's Folly, 3 Sweet Carneros Pink, 3 SunSugar, 3 Green Grape, 3 Jaune Flamme, 2 German Orange Strawberry (8.5 ounces), 2 Yellow Brandywine (12.5 ounces, 12.5 ounces), 2 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 2 Black Krim(1), 2 Orange And Green Zebra, 2 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 2 Australian Giant Oxheart (6.5 ounces), Red Zebra (was Black Zebra) (new), Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) (10 ounces) (new), Indian Stripe, Porkchop (8 ounces), Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Stupice, Large Pink Anna, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and Southern Night for a total of 130 tomatoes.
The Black Zebra matured but came up red with striping. So I'm taking an educated guess that it's Red Zebra. The on line tomato spreadsheet will be adjusted to the new name.
The Aunt Ruby's German Green harvested didn't look mature in the shoulders but the tomato definitely felt ready. We'll see when we taste it.
I spent a little extra time during the harvest to tie up some wayward branches and add several stakes to prop up drooping plants.
I've added fertilizer to the container plants in the back yard.
The Black Zebra matured but came up red with striping. So I'm taking an educated guess that it's Red Zebra. The on line tomato spreadsheet will be adjusted to the new name.
The Aunt Ruby's German Green harvested didn't look mature in the shoulders but the tomato definitely felt ready. We'll see when we taste it.
I spent a little extra time during the harvest to tie up some wayward branches and add several stakes to prop up drooping plants.
I've added fertilizer to the container plants in the back yard.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Harvested Neves Azorean Red; Porkchop Popular
Today's harvest includes 28 Matt's Wild Cherry, 14 Snow White, 10 Haley's Purple Comet, 8 Husky Cherry Red(2), 7 Husky Cherry Red(1), 7 Golden Mama, 6 Sweet Carneros Pink, 5 Cassidy's Folly, 5 Orange And Green Zebra, 5 Black Seaman(2), 3 Southern Night (9.5 ounces), 3 SunGold(1), 3 SunSugar, 2 Neves Azorean Red (15 ounces, 11 ounces) (new), 2 Honkin' Big Black Cherry, 2 Porkchop, 2 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (8.5 ounces), 2 Black Krim(1), 2 Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), 2 German Orange Strawberry, Bloody Butcher, Persimmon (7 ounces), Vorlon (7.5 ounces), Jaune Flamme, Green Doctor's Kiwi(2), Paul Robeson(2) (7 ounces), Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Garden Peach, Kellogg's Breakfast (8.5 ounces) and Big White Pink Stripe for a total of 128 tomatoes.
The Neves Azorean Red tomatoes are a good size, though the shoulders are green but the bottom on these tomatoes are quite ripe.
My wife spent a lot of time processing our harvested tomatoes, making tomato puree. She also watered some of the tomato plants.
Several people have requested "Save those yellow tomatoes, they're delicious". People are in love with Porkchop!
The Neves Azorean Red tomatoes are a good size, though the shoulders are green but the bottom on these tomatoes are quite ripe.
My wife spent a lot of time processing our harvested tomatoes, making tomato puree. She also watered some of the tomato plants.
Several people have requested "Save those yellow tomatoes, they're delicious". People are in love with Porkchop!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Harvested Hungarian Heart!
No harvest yesterday.
Today's harvest includes 25 Matt's Wild Cherry, 10 Husky Cherry Red(2), 10 Husky Cherry Red(1), 8 Haley's Purple Comet, 8 Snow White, 8 Golden Mama, 6 SunGold(1), 4 Bloody Butcher, 4 Orange And Green Zebra, 4 Sweet Carneros Pink, 4 Garden Peach, 3 Southern Night, 3 Stupice, 3 SunSugar, 3 Porkchop (7 ounces), 3 Black Krim(1), 2 Black Seaman(2), 2 Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), 2 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (8 ounces), 2 German Orange Strawberry (6 ounces, 7.5 ounces), 2 Kellogg's Breakfast, 2 Jaune Flamme, Hungarian Heart (new), Green Doctors Kiwi(1) (not Green Doctor's Kiwi), Green Doctor's Kiwi(2), Big Zebra (7 ounces), Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, Chocolate Stripes(1), Yellow Brandywine (7.5 ounces), Paul Robeson(2), Portuguese Neighbor (11.5 ounces), Cassidy's Folly, Big White Pink Stripe (8 ounces), Persimmon (15.5 ounces) and Vorlon for a total of 131 tomatoes.
When you miss a day of harvest you would think that the next day would be near double the total amount. In practice, that's not the case. When you harvest on a daily basis, the water brought up by the roots is then placed to the other maturing tomatoes. If you miss a day, the already mature tomatoes get some of that water and the near mature tomatoes don't mature as rapidly.
The harvested Hungarian Heart has a bit of a deformity and that's why it matured quicker. There are some good large tomatoes growing on this plant coming soon.
My wife pulled five plants last night -- Aunt Ruby's German Green(2), Black And Brown Boar, Jaune Coeur de Pigeon and the two volunteers.
Today's harvest includes 25 Matt's Wild Cherry, 10 Husky Cherry Red(2), 10 Husky Cherry Red(1), 8 Haley's Purple Comet, 8 Snow White, 8 Golden Mama, 6 SunGold(1), 4 Bloody Butcher, 4 Orange And Green Zebra, 4 Sweet Carneros Pink, 4 Garden Peach, 3 Southern Night, 3 Stupice, 3 SunSugar, 3 Porkchop (7 ounces), 3 Black Krim(1), 2 Black Seaman(2), 2 Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), 2 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (8 ounces), 2 German Orange Strawberry (6 ounces, 7.5 ounces), 2 Kellogg's Breakfast, 2 Jaune Flamme, Hungarian Heart (new), Green Doctors Kiwi(1) (not Green Doctor's Kiwi), Green Doctor's Kiwi(2), Big Zebra (7 ounces), Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, Chocolate Stripes(1), Yellow Brandywine (7.5 ounces), Paul Robeson(2), Portuguese Neighbor (11.5 ounces), Cassidy's Folly, Big White Pink Stripe (8 ounces), Persimmon (15.5 ounces) and Vorlon for a total of 131 tomatoes.
When you miss a day of harvest you would think that the next day would be near double the total amount. In practice, that's not the case. When you harvest on a daily basis, the water brought up by the roots is then placed to the other maturing tomatoes. If you miss a day, the already mature tomatoes get some of that water and the near mature tomatoes don't mature as rapidly.
The harvested Hungarian Heart has a bit of a deformity and that's why it matured quicker. There are some good large tomatoes growing on this plant coming soon.
My wife pulled five plants last night -- Aunt Ruby's German Green(2), Black And Brown Boar, Jaune Coeur de Pigeon and the two volunteers.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and Michael Pollan Tomatoes -- Two Thumbs Up!
Today's harvest includes 22 Matt's Wild Cherry, 12 Snow White, 10 Husky Cherry Red(2), 7 Garden Peach, 7 Haley's Purple Comet, 6 Husky Cherry Red(1), 6 Golden Mama, 5 Southern Night (9 ounces, 6.5 ounces, 8 ounces), 4 Orange And Green Zebra, 4 SunSugar, 3 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (7.5 ounces, 8.5 ounces), 3 Black Seaman(2), 3 SunGold(1), 2 Paul Robeson(2) (9 ounces, 7 ounces), 2 Stupice, 2 Sweet Carneros Pink, 2 Green Grape, 2 Jaune Flamme, German Orange Strawberry (11 ounces), Vorlon (7 ounces), Green Zebra(1), Porkchop (8 ounces), Yellow Brandywine (6.5 ounces), Large Pink Anna(2) (6 ounces), Kellogg's Breakfast (7 ounces), Cassidy's Folly, Australian Giant Oxheart (19 ounces) and Portuguese Neighbor (13.5 ounces) for a total of 112 tomatoes.
We tried Michael Pollan last night and it was quite good. I cut up a Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and placed the slices over an egg white omelette. The combination was great!
We tried Michael Pollan last night and it was quite good. I cut up a Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and placed the slices over an egg white omelette. The combination was great!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Harvested Big White Pink Stripe!
Today's harvest includes 25 Matt's Wild Cherry, 9 Golden Mama, 9 Husky Cherry Red(2), 8 Husky Cherry Red(1), 7 Porkchop (13 ounces, 6 ounces), 7 Haley's Purple Comet, 5 Snow White, 5 Black Krim(1), 4 Paul Robeson(2) (12 ounces, 6 ounces, 11 ounces), 4 SunSugar, 4 Southern Night (7 ounces), 4 SunGold(1), 3 Orange And Green Zebra, 3 Garden Peach, 3 German Orange Strawberry (8 ounces, 7 ounces, 8 ounces), 3 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (11.5 ounces, 12 ounces, 13 ounces), 3 Stupice, 3 Green Grape, 2 Jaune Flamme, 2 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 2 Cassidy's Folly, 2 Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Big White Pink Stripe (7 ounces) (new), Chocolate Stripes(1), Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), Australian Giant Oxheart (9.5 ounces), Portuguese Neighbor (11 ounces), Persimmon (10 ounces), Black Seaman(1) (6 ounces) and Green Zebra(1) for a total of 125 tomatoes.
There was a good selection of larger tomatoes in today's harvest. I was happy with the variety of different sizes, shapes and colors.
Last night I adjusted some of the numbers in last week's blog postings, matching against the numbers entered into our online tomato spreadsheet. Interested in watching the numbers? Post a message and I'll add you to the list.
Big White Pink Stripe has a faded beige color, unusual for a tomato.
My wife has started to water the back yard tomatoes.
There was a good selection of larger tomatoes in today's harvest. I was happy with the variety of different sizes, shapes and colors.
Last night I adjusted some of the numbers in last week's blog postings, matching against the numbers entered into our online tomato spreadsheet. Interested in watching the numbers? Post a message and I'll add you to the list.
Big White Pink Stripe has a faded beige color, unusual for a tomato.
My wife has started to water the back yard tomatoes.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Harvested Michael Pollan and Black Seaman(1)!
Saturday's harvest includes 33 Matt's Wild Cherry, 10 Husky Cherry Red(1), 9 Husky Cherry Red(2), 8 Snow White, 5 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 5 SunGold(1), 4 Haley's Purple Comet, 4 Southern Night (6 ounces), 4 SunSugar, 3 Black Seaman(2), 3 Black Krim(1), 3 Large Pink Anna(2) (6 ounces), 2 Black Seaman(1) (new), 2 Golden Mama, 2 Jaune Coeur de Pigeon, 2 Porkchop (7 ounces), 2 Green Doctor's Kiwi(2), 2 Paul Robeson(2) (7 ounces, 9 ounces), 2 Lime Green Salad, 2 Sweet Carneros Pink, 2 Black And Brown Boar, 2 Kellogg's Breakfast (8.5 ounces, 9 ounces), 2 Orange and Green Zebra, 2 Black Krim(2), 2 Australian Giant Oxheart (10.5 ounces), 2 Bloody Butcher, Michael Pollan (new), Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Stupice, Green Grape, Jaune Flamme and Yellow Brandywine (10 ounces) for a total of 124 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 33 Matt's Wild Cherry, 14 Husky Cherry Red(2), 12 Husky Cherry Red(1), 6 Haley's Purple Comet, 5 Golden Mama, 5 Southern Night (6 ounces), 5 Green Grape, 4 Jaune Flamme, 4 SunSugar, 3 SunGold(1), 3 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (8 ounces, 9 ounces), 3 Green Doctor's Kiwi(2), 3 Black Krim(1) (9 ounces), 3 Black Seaman(2) (9 ounces), 3 Snow White, 3 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 2 Stupice, 2 Michael Pollan, 2 Oaxacan Jewel(2), 2 German Orange Strawberry (12 ounces), 2 Portuguese Neighbor (9 ounces, 10 ounces), 2 Black Seaman(1), Bloody Butcher, Vorlon (6.5 ounces), Indian Stripe, Large Pink Anna(1), Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red (6.5 ounces), Sweet Carneros Pink, Australian Giant Oxheart (10.5 ounces), Kellogg's Breakfast (12 ounces) and Orange And Green Zebra for a total of 131 tomatoes.
My wife made tomato jelly on Friday and it is delicious!! You can put it on anything where jelly would go and it would be a terrific addition. Again, it's truly delicious!
Neves Azorean Red and Hungarian Heart have maturing tomatoes.
The Volunteer(1) will be pulled soon. There's "rust" over all of the plant and all of the tomatoes. The tomatoes look visually unappealing.
Today's harvest includes 33 Matt's Wild Cherry, 14 Husky Cherry Red(2), 12 Husky Cherry Red(1), 6 Haley's Purple Comet, 5 Golden Mama, 5 Southern Night (6 ounces), 5 Green Grape, 4 Jaune Flamme, 4 SunSugar, 3 SunGold(1), 3 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (8 ounces, 9 ounces), 3 Green Doctor's Kiwi(2), 3 Black Krim(1) (9 ounces), 3 Black Seaman(2) (9 ounces), 3 Snow White, 3 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 2 Stupice, 2 Michael Pollan, 2 Oaxacan Jewel(2), 2 German Orange Strawberry (12 ounces), 2 Portuguese Neighbor (9 ounces, 10 ounces), 2 Black Seaman(1), Bloody Butcher, Vorlon (6.5 ounces), Indian Stripe, Large Pink Anna(1), Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red (6.5 ounces), Sweet Carneros Pink, Australian Giant Oxheart (10.5 ounces), Kellogg's Breakfast (12 ounces) and Orange And Green Zebra for a total of 131 tomatoes.
My wife made tomato jelly on Friday and it is delicious!! You can put it on anything where jelly would go and it would be a terrific addition. Again, it's truly delicious!
Neves Azorean Red and Hungarian Heart have maturing tomatoes.
The Volunteer(1) will be pulled soon. There's "rust" over all of the plant and all of the tomatoes. The tomatoes look visually unappealing.
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