It's hard to know where to begin and what pictures to share simply because I could spend the whole day taking pictures of these darling tomatoes. They're becoming like children! I really didn't intend to buy any Romas but as you can see...somehow I ended up with these lovely girls and I say girls because this variety is called "Juliet". I thought they were going to be grape tomatoes (absolutely love those) but they're already too big for grapes. And, there are going to be a lot of them. I would say, "get ready for lots of sauce" but I fall into the camp with Mario Batali where I don't use fresh tomatoes for sauce. Fresh tomatoes should be appreciated for their freshness so don't start making a bunch of sauce with them. Can them, first, please. Then, in the winter, make sauce. The plants have become so large and lush, you almost can't tell where one ends and the next begins.
These little guys are hidden near the ground but somehow are getting enough love to turn red.
Apparently, they were supposed to be in a container garden...oops! They're early birds though, so they'll be gone first, hopefully before they're over run by their neighbors.
Like those fellows below....they are heirlooms and aren't they beauties? Variety name is Brim, not quite sure where that comes from but probably names after someone. Anyway, I think they're going to have a very interesting kind of squatty shape so I can't wait to see them and then give them a try. The rest of the garden is happy and healthy. Almost at the end of radish season and it's a good thing because the butternut squash is trying to take that bed over. I can't keep up with the arugula and the carrots tops are fuzzy and full. The cucumber plant has some babies and it tried to wrap itself around one of the pepper plants...luckily, Kornell came to the rescue and moved it back to its trellis. Now, if the forecasters would get their positive hats on and stop talking about another heinous summer...we'll all be happy!
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