Today was a good (and exhausting, and hot!) day, and I am pleased to note that the only things remaining to be planted are the extreme small pot experimental ornamental hot peppers. I planted a whole lotta eggplant and peppers today, and the driveway is now shaping up nicely.
Today was also the day that the first mock up pages for my upcoming book arrived from Storey...my job is to review all comments and get everything approaching the final version over the next few weeks. There are lots of pictures included, and some placeholders for the tomato retakes from this season. It's all quite exciting (and just a bit anxiety-producing!).
I am also going to be on the radio Saturday morning at 10 AM EST, but I will blog about that more on Friday (the link is in the News section on the front page of this website). The show is already taped....it will be an hour of me talking tomatoes with the host.
Here are the indeterminate tomatoes I am growing this year in large pots around the perimeter of the driveway (unless otherwise noted). (29)
Little Lucky
Anna Russian
Bisignano #2
Nepal
Favorite (straw bale)
Golden Queen (straw bale)
Lillian's Red Kansas Paste
Big Boy F1
Peak of Perfection
Polish
Green Giant
Don's Double Delight
Cherokee Green
Yellow Oxheart
Halladay's Mortgage Lifter
Giant Syrian
Abraham Lincoln (straw bale)
Magnus (straw bale)
Lucky Cross
Cherokee Chocolate
Ruby Gold
Lillian's Yellow Heirloom
Ferris Wheel
Yellow White
Brandywine
Hugh's
Stump of the World
Mullens Mortgage Lifter
Matchless
In large pots on our deck (4)
Lemon Drop
Tiny Tim Yellow
Egg Yolk
Arkansas Traveler
In the front row of the large side yard garden (10)
Mexico Midget
Coyote
Sungold (in the ground)
Sungold (straw bale)
Tiger Tom (straw bale)
Sungold (straw bale)
Cherokee Purple (straw bale)
Cherokee Purple (large pot)
Cherokee Purple (in the ground)
Sungold
That makes 43 indeterminate tomatoes. The rationale for selecting them is varied; for the most part, they are tomatoes that have been important to me for years, and are featured in my upcoming book - some are important for their stories, the impact they had on me when I first started growing heirlooms, or my favorites for flavor.
You will note that my straw bale efforts also involve some of the indeterminate tomatoes.
I will list the Dwarf varieties being grown in 5 gallon grow bags next (soon), followed by eggplant, sweet and hot peppers in the coming days.
Today was also the day that the first mock up pages for my upcoming book arrived from Storey...my job is to review all comments and get everything approaching the final version over the next few weeks. There are lots of pictures included, and some placeholders for the tomato retakes from this season. It's all quite exciting (and just a bit anxiety-producing!).
I am also going to be on the radio Saturday morning at 10 AM EST, but I will blog about that more on Friday (the link is in the News section on the front page of this website). The show is already taped....it will be an hour of me talking tomatoes with the host.
Here are the indeterminate tomatoes I am growing this year in large pots around the perimeter of the driveway (unless otherwise noted). (29)
Little Lucky
Anna Russian
Bisignano #2
Nepal
Favorite (straw bale)
Golden Queen (straw bale)
Lillian's Red Kansas Paste
Big Boy F1
Peak of Perfection
Polish
Green Giant
Don's Double Delight
Cherokee Green
Yellow Oxheart
Halladay's Mortgage Lifter
Giant Syrian
Abraham Lincoln (straw bale)
Magnus (straw bale)
Lucky Cross
Cherokee Chocolate
Ruby Gold
Lillian's Yellow Heirloom
Ferris Wheel
Yellow White
Brandywine
Hugh's
Stump of the World
Mullens Mortgage Lifter
Matchless
In large pots on our deck (4)
Lemon Drop
Tiny Tim Yellow
Egg Yolk
Arkansas Traveler
In the front row of the large side yard garden (10)
Mexico Midget
Coyote
Sungold (in the ground)
Sungold (straw bale)
Tiger Tom (straw bale)
Sungold (straw bale)
Cherokee Purple (straw bale)
Cherokee Purple (large pot)
Cherokee Purple (in the ground)
Sungold
That makes 43 indeterminate tomatoes. The rationale for selecting them is varied; for the most part, they are tomatoes that have been important to me for years, and are featured in my upcoming book - some are important for their stories, the impact they had on me when I first started growing heirlooms, or my favorites for flavor.
You will note that my straw bale efforts also involve some of the indeterminate tomatoes.
I will list the Dwarf varieties being grown in 5 gallon grow bags next (soon), followed by eggplant, sweet and hot peppers in the coming days.
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