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Farm Kitchen:  Eating the first TOMATO of the Season tonight!!!  |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 4:21:14 PM
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In addition to our pasta, pesto and sauteed chicken in white wine, I am eating the first deep red tomato of the season. It's called a Mountain Spring. And I can't wait 
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4745 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 4:53:54 PM
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Oh lucky you! Mine are just flowering now. I can't wait until they are ready!
Dawn in IL |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 4:57:31 PM
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Well, it was over quickly, Dawn :) I tried to savor it but it just didn't last....it was sooooo sweet and yummy. Can't wait for the next one. I highly recommend the Mountain Spring tomatoes :)
Soon soon for you, Dawn.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 5:40:39 PM
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I am so jealous!!! Mine will be quite awhile still..at least a month...just tiny green ones on some plants now..we had such a late spring!! Lucky you!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 6:22:57 PM
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Jenny, I planted mine (in the raised beds) in mid-April...it was early, but I took a chance and only had to cover them once for fear of frost. They are loaded with tomatoes, and several are ripening each and every day. Last year I didn't have any, this year I feel really blessed :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 7:08:55 PM
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heck, we still had snow on the ground big time in April...and snowstorms happening up until late May..even once in early June. I did put my first plants out in may in wall o waters...they are the biggest and will for sure produce the first ones I get. Usually I can sneak some out that way in April but not this year..and last year was very wet..so it didn't happen either...sigh. BUT..I do get alot ..just later on...August is a great tomato month..and they produce on into Sept. I always have to pick a few boxes of green ones to bring inside for ripening when the frost gets bad..and covering isn't gonna cut it any longer.
Enjoy those early ones!!! yum!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2907 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 7:15:28 PM
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| Jonni, I may be driving to Elsmere for tomatoes. Like I told you last week, we just got our garden planted due to new plans?!@#&**YIKES!! & new raised beds & new fencing.. SOO Just got tomatoes in this weekend & they look VERY scared.. I watered each plant w/compost tea, and the bed is topsoil & composted goat manure.. That being said, it seems like it takes a year or so to get a bed established.. SOO I may have a bunch o'nothin this year in my new beds...WWWAAAAHHH!!!! I have had great luck in one of my other beds, which coincidentally has several volunteers growing, but MAN... I really want these new varieties to take off... I am jealous of your fruit; meanwhile I am going outside & picking off yellow leaves. OK OK You can change my name from Lisa Joy Procrastinator to Lisa Joy Whiner!! WAAHH! |
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elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 7:54:44 PM
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Our tomatoes are slowly blushing...however we have squash and peppers coming out of our ears!!!!!!!!!!....Lucky y'all.
Sam
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 8:37:00 PM
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C'mon down, Lisa Joy Procrastinator Whiner....I got tomatoes for ya! Seriously, last year I thought I'd be all nifty and plant them in pots, and bought these heirlooms from the farmers market and they were rootbound in 4 weeks and I got zilch. So, this year, I thought I really considered not bothering, but darn it, I love em', and I'm really happy I did. I bet you'll get some, but it will be late. I really don't have a lot of luck with seed start tomatoes, but these turned out just fine. We've been lucky this year, I guess. Now, Lisa, when we first planted our beds, we had a harvest--are you just talking about tomatoes? We had the whole gamut last year, and started in early March.
Aunt Jenny...what is a wall of water? I remember you posting a few weeks ago about it and then I've lost the post. We did have a lot of rain early on (but last year we had an ice storm and then a drought), and now the rain has been nicely spaced out. Feel like (sadly) we're getting the blessings from the Iowa rainfall....
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 9:50:39 PM
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Oh Jonni..they are wonderful season extenders...a ring (big enough to loosely fit around an upside down 5 gallon bucket) with built in "tubes" which you put around the plant and fill with water. The water is heated by the sun and you have a little greenhouse sort of thing going. They keep things (I only use them for tomatoes but some folks use them for lots of things) from freezing down alot lower than covering them. Perfect to get things out there early. I am about ready to trust that it really IS summer and take them off..the tomatoes are a foot out the top at this point. They are pricey (about $10 for a pack of 3) but they last for years if you put them where mice can't chew them (ask me how I know THAT ONE!!) and they are repairable by using one to cut "repair tubes" to slide down in the ones with holes. I used my mouse chewed ones for repair tubes this year. I really recomend them. Our area sold out of them this year. I wanted to get 6 more and there wern't any anywhere nearby.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 03:22:02 AM
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I'm so envious!
Ours are suffering a bit from drought. Lots of green fruits but nothing red.
Looks like we may have to invest a a few soaker hoses |
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 05:20:15 AM
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You are so lucky! I planted six differnt kinds this year to experiment. There are green little ones but nothing to eat yet.Last year I had them in pots but they kept disappearing. I found out my yellow lab likes tomatoes. I watched him carefully pluck them off and sneak away and eat them. (he didn't know I was watching) So this year my hubby made me a garden for them.
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
What ever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln) |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 05:28:21 AM
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Yum. I still have little green tomatoes hanging from my plants. A few weeks and I should have ripe, red ones though.
I bet yours tasted just like summer!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 05:35:02 AM
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Major drooling envy from my part of the state, Jonni!!!!! ;) Are you bringing tomatoes to Wilma's????? Hmmmm????
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 05:37:09 AM
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Thanks, Jenny! I will look for those for sure. Sounds like a very smart way to go, and with the "summer" or rather, extended Winter and Early Spring you've been having, I bet they do sell out in your area. It makes good sense, now that I can visualize how it works. Mice, eh? You'll have to 'splain that one :)
Laura, that is soooo funny that your lab likes tomatoes! I guess my Elie (our black lab) probably would too, if he knew where to find them! Little stinkers, they are, for sure!
It did taste like summer....by far the sweetest tomato type I've planted. I can't wait for another (and another....).
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Bfriday
True Blue Farmgirl
125 Posts
Jessica
Miles
TX
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Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 1:59:27 PM
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Me too! I just plucked 2 off the vine and 1 little grape tomato!! I've already had a meal with yummy yellow squash and my husband is devouring the jalenenos as fast as they make! My zukes are blooming and I found 3 okra forming!! Love, Love those summer veggies!!!
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elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 2:19:33 PM
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Ok your post must have been good luck, b/c this morning I found my first 2!!!! Now only 500 more to go.....
Sam
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 5:18:08 PM
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Congrats, Jessica! And Sam, too. I was REALLY selfless and gave my other really perfectly ripe one to my mother. But, it's all good, I have many more to go. Can't wait.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Patsy
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Illinois
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 05:30:27 AM
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I got my tomatoes planted fairly early but the flood took care of those. Just a few made it thru and are just now blooming. A few peppers made it thru too but zuchinni, cukes, corn didn't make it and I think it is too late to plant now. Do you think zuchinni's would have enough time to make it? Our first frost is usually mid October but this year, who knows? In just a couple of months, we had an earthquake, flood, and hail storm. Enough already.
May God bless those who love the soil,
Patsy
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 05:32:35 AM
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Amen, Patsy!!! I know you folks have had it terrible, for sure. I guess it all depends on the heat for the zucchini...seems like they're pretty prolific. If your last frost isn't until Mid October, why not give it a shot? I think I would just for the heck of it.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Patsy
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 05:43:48 AM
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Thanks Jonni. I started a new topic with my question before I saw your answer. I didn't know if anyone would see it. I may try. It is just sooooo discouraging.
May God bless those who love the soil,
Patsy
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 08:05:35 AM
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Hey Patsy, I just started a zuchini plant last week, I bought it as a little plant about three inches tall it is about 10inches now in just a week. I'd say go for it I love the darn things. 
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
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Farm Kitchen: Eating the first TOMATO of the Season tonight!!! |
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Eating the first TOMATO of the Season tonight!!!
