A Labor of Love

...richly rewarded. This evening's pickings make worthwhile the hours in the sun, the sore arms, and the gardener's tan I've developed.

Nice and healthy looking!

That looks wonderful. Nice pic, and pickings!

Very nice....what are the little toms? i happen to have a pic of yesterdays bounty too...only I left out the zuccini (sp?).

here is the big guy.......there were a few little summer squash too...but alredy ate em....LOL

Laughing! That's a lot of zucchini bread!

Wow, you have a red pepper already? Which kind is it?

I knew I was spelling that wrong......I just couldnt place how.....LOL the red pepper is a cayenne......I waited for three weeks for it to become red.......It was finished growing what felt like forever ago.....LOL

This message was edited Jul 31, 2006 5:33 PM

I've never grown cayenne, just jalapenos and anchos.

Ok - that's just NOT right! Tell the truth, now! That's an infants arm, right!?!

Holy cow!!!

houseplntjunkie: The little guys were grape tomatoes from Bonnie. They haven't been as sweet as I was hoping, but they're still one-bite snackable.

hey kurtwall
how do you plan to cook that patty pan squash? i saw in a magazine where they picked them the size of golf balls, boiled them sliced them in half and put a dollop of a stuffing in the middle. also, anyone know a good way to cook butternut squash?

My Juliet grape tomatoes are large this year with tough skins. Definately two biters. I dried some the other day, but don't think the end product was worth the time. They dried pretty thin.

None of my tomatoes are as sweet so far this season - I'm hoping the flavor will pick up as the season develops. I know the Isis Candy are supposed to be real sweet, but so far they are not knocking MY socks off!

Are your Juliet Grapes from commercial seeds?

My SunGold are incredible. I'm getting 30-40 cherries off just two plants every day. Everyone who tastes them closes his or her eyes. Or says something like, "good Lord, that's fantastic."

Sequee, one Juliet was a volunteer. If I had known I'd have one, I wouldn't have planted one! I got the seed from Totally Tomatoes. (I need to do a taste test to see if one is better than the other.)

Zeppy, is that red, orange or yellow?

Your volunteers may not be as good as the originals. A few years ago my boss saved seeds from his Juliet. They were great the next year, but the following year they were small plums. The flavor was still good, but they 2-3 ounces. The next year they were even larger and not as good.

Similarly, the volunteers degraded over 2 years time. (It was interesting to watch them change, though!)

I will be interested to see how your taste-tests go!

Orange, more or less.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53331/index.html

I have heard nothing but rave reviews on this tomato. It will definitely be in my garden next year!

Sequee, that explains the size! I wondered. I thought it was the timely rains we got. When I'm not sucking on a peppermint, I'll have a taste test. I think more will be ripe tonight. I picked them pretty close last night.

Thanks for the link Zeppy. I think your reactions are similar to me tasting a Black Krim for the first time. So naturally sweet, yet still a tomato. Swoon!

My first Black Krim will be ready by Saturday. I am watching it very carefully.

yumyumyum

SunGold's a hybrid, so you do have to buy/trade the seeds....

I saw in the plant info it might not come true from seed. Good to know!