I do believe that today I picked the last of my large harvest of tomatoes for Summer ’10. My five gallon bucket was filled to the top with a collection of some of the best tomatoes I have ever grown. The tomatoes that are have produced above and beyond my expectations include Pink Brandywine, Amish Pasta, Italian Roma and Japanese Black Trifele .
I’m sadden to see the end of the ‘large loads’ even after all the work of canning to preserve the harvest for winter use. Anxiety fills me as I think of the grow adventure that is ahead of me in the months to come as we prepare the greenhouse where I can now say I grow year-round.
If you have a true passion for what you do, your love will shine through. Nothing can come between you and your passion. Wishing you the best of Harvest Season – Bren
Wow, that is a lot of tomatoes! It’s definitely an end of the season.
How did you do this year? Do you think you will have much more to harvest in big batches?
Those tomatoes look great!
how many tomato plants do you have?
In the veggie garden where I harvested the veggies & blooms in the images above are from a 40′x60′ garden. I have 25 plants that are producing fruit. They are surrounded by loads of peppers and favorite annual blooms.
After many hot summer weeks I harvest tomatoes every day. I planted small yellow and red tomatoes. Some never made it to the kitchen. The garden needed a lot of water but looks still beautiful.
- Cheers Gisela.
It was a rough summer in my garden zone as well Gisela. In the past two weeks my rain barrels are empty so I gave up on watering out in the larger veggie garden. The garden is looking rough out there but I was still able to pull some wonderful fruit out of it yesterday. Last night we got about 10*F from freezing so I am sure my days of harvest are numbered.
Thank you for stopping by – I think it is fun and exciting to learn about others who grow veggies!
Bren, what a harvest looking forward to seeing what you have growing on in the greenhouse for Fall/Winter growing year round will be exciting : )
That is for sure Annie – And you know know I am looking forward to sharing that adventure with you keeping it green!
Great haul! How are the pink Brandywine’s? They sound fantastic! I’m on the westcoast, and made the mistake of planting mostly late tomatoes, so it will be at least another week or so until I’m into full tomato harvest mode! I’m really looking forward to that, and planning to plant more early varieties next year. Live and learn!
My pink Brandywine (organic) were from Natures Crossroads in Indiana. I highly recommend their seeds if you are growing organic. The pink taste alot like the regular Brandywine to me. I grew some of the Heirloom Brandywine from my own seed collection and they are not ripe yet so I can’t do a ‘detailed’ taste test for you! Have you grown the Amish Pasta … they are amazing!
Thanks for stopping by my site. I just clicked over to your page and LOVE IT!
What a nice bounty! Love your sunflower photos also.
Hey Ms. Bren (as you can see, I found the “Comment” button),
My top heirloom for taste has been ‘Green Zebra’ for the past two growing seasons. Have you tried them?
And where do I get a “Subscribe/Share” box like your’s? I’d like to have them all in one box like that but can’t figure out how to do it.
ohhh…. I might have to bum some seeds off of you TC – never tried that Green Zebra.
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Best Wishes!