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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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 Posted - Jun 06 2009 : 4:22:09 PM
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Check out my blog. I made a big salad tonight with our tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers, and then felt the need to put together a photo of the tomato bounty in the kitchen right now. I have stewed several quarts and pints so far, and have many still ripening in gthe kitchen. Plus we have more on the vine! I have given bags to four friends and family. And this is from very small gardens in my yard in two places. God is good.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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abigailc1973
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
abigail
orlando
fl
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2009 : 6:08:10 PM
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| Yummy! It looks good, and I'm glad you had surplus to share, that always feels good. I'm loving those hydrangeas on your table, they're beautiful. |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 08:02:35 AM
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Hello, Abigail from Florida too! Our hydrangeas have been really big and deeply colored this year. I think it is because we have not been hit with really hot weather yet.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 08:42:35 AM
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I have about six cherry tomatoes rippen so far. there are lots of little green guys on there. I have a few cucumbers growing away and the squash and zuchinni arent far behind!
Farmgirl Sister #17
Blog
www.willowtreecreek.wordpress.com
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 09:07:59 AM
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Wow Jeannie - I am jealous!! We are two months out from tomatoes at my house. How long does your tomato season last? Maybe I need to consider moving to Florida, so I can eat more fresh tomatoes:)
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2009 : 06:34:54 AM
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Amy, depending on the weather, our tomato season can go into early August. Then the heat really does kill the plants off. And the pests begin to multiply. This year has been great so far because we had lots of cool nights, and not too many days above 90 so far. The farmers around here always talk about how the ripe tomato crops move north as the weeks go by. First Florida in May and June and some July, then Georgia July and August, and then into North Carolina in September. I have been in North Carolina in late September and the tomatoes are to die for. So you have a lot to look forward to! I bet your tomatoes are wonderful, since you have so much nice cool weather.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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pamcook
True Blue Farmgirl
228 Posts
Pam
Chapel Hill
NC
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2009 : 06:55:09 AM
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I had to cut off 3 tomatoes from my Green Zebra plant this weekend - blossom end rot. The other plants (and this one) have plenty that are good and healthy. Should I worry?
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pamcook
True Blue Farmgirl
228 Posts
Pam
Chapel Hill
NC
USA
228 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2009 : 11:26:12 AM
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I went home for lunch and checked the tomatoes - they still all look healthy. I may have answered my own question. I found a Brandywine tomato on one my my plants - already bigger than my fist! I hope it ripens soon. Nothing tastes better than home grown tomatoes.
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Especially For You
True Blue Farmgirl
541 Posts
Tina
Watkinsville
GA
541 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2009 : 12:23:19 PM
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Wonderful!!!!
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2009 : 10:24:41 PM
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I am so jealous Jeannie! I won't have fresh tomatoes until August for sure..probably late august. Arn't they wonderful????? Nothing tastes as good as a fresh tomato! We do get other veggeis before that..peppers in late June even probably.
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
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
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Posted - Jun 09 2009 : 04:29:55 AM
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I'm with Aunt Jenny....I just planted my tomato plants yesterday....the night were still quite cool until a few days ago
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 10 2009 : 10:57:41 AM
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I just had a cherry tomato, lettuce, cheese, purple onion, egg salad. Yummy. Our cherry tomatoes are abundant. We give and give and eat and eat.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 10 2009 : 11:10:44 AM
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I'm having tomato envy, too, Shirley Jean. I have some blossoms and a couple of tiny green wannabe tomatoes so far. But nothing as grand as your bounty!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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