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Garden Gate:  A tomato has ripened!!! The first of the Season!  |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 08:16:44 AM
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I have about a gazillion tomatoes on the vine, but one has ACTUALLY turned red. Oh my! What will I do with it? Will I eat it just as is, will I use it in a sauce, or how about tossed with olive oil, fresh parmesan, cracked pepper and spinach in a pasta?
The options are endless?
What do YOU do with your first ripened tomato???
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 08:22:49 AM
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I pick my first one off the vine and eat it right there! So far we have gotten only cherry tomatoes but we have a million globe and romas that are waiting to turn red. I use the cherries in salads, the globes on BLTs and the rest go towards sauce, salsa, juice etc.
Farmgirl Sister #17
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www.willowtreecreek.wordpress.com
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 08:26:51 AM
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I'm thinking that's exactly what I'm going to do tonight, Julie! I really love them that way, or sliced with just a little s & p.
These are heirlooms, too, so I'm anxious to discover the flavor of an old tomato.
I'm growing some sauce tomatoes, some general eating tomatoes and one just for the heck of it called Elberta Peach. I think it's a good eating tomato :)
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 08:42:22 AM
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Straight off the vine, nothing better than ripe and warm from the sun, I don't use any chemicals, so I don't even have to rinse them off, yum yum yum!!!
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 09:35:03 AM
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I am so jealous. I have big green ones now on some vines..but it will still be a couple weeks for even those to be ripe. We got our tomato harvest in the last half of August and Sept for the most part...I LOVE fresh tomatoes and can hardly wait..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
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 09:37:39 AM
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Actually, Jenny, I'm sortof surprised...it's still a little early around here, really, and we've had some "chilly" nights in the last week or so (around 60 degrees)...unusual weather for a ripe tomato.
Maybe the little thing just knows how anxious I am, and what a rotten month it's been...a little reward!
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
843 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 10:27:44 AM
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I had some cherry tomatoes that were almost completely ripe, but I couldn't wait. So I picked them and ate them standing in the garden! Can't wait for them to all start getting ripe.
The chief source of failure and unhapiness is trading what you want the most for what you want at the moment. |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 10:35:35 AM
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I have some green ones, but no ripe ones yet, Jonni. I planted mine after you. Which one is ripe? Something is nibbling on leaves of a few. I've babied those tomatoes like you wouldn't believe. :)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 10:43:41 AM
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It's the Costoluto Genovese...I recently found that Thomas Jefferson grew them, so we're in good company, Janice!!!
I so know you've been babying those tomatoes, and they'll reward you. Right now, between those 2 Costoluto's I see about 30 tomatoes.
What do you fertilize with?
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 6:15:18 PM
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Lucky you! My tomatoes have just finished blooming. We had a long & cool spring so they are a bit behind. God only knows when I'll have any ripe ones to eat.
Dawn in IL |
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dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 7:31:12 PM
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I got my first ripe tomatoes also in the past day or so and I love to slice them, salt them, and gobble them down :)
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city!
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 8:24:45 PM
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| I'd eat it plucked off the vine, still warm from the sun, with the juices dribling down my chin--nature's first fruits of summer. |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 8:28:04 PM
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Wonderful news! We have been picking tomatoes for a while. I noticed lately the tomatoe plants are yellowing. Don't know why.
The tomatoes are getting fewer and fewer.
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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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2009 : 06:34:10 AM
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| We have had one ripe tomato. We sliced it for our hamburger. I have had about a half dozen cherry/sunsugar tomatoes. I eat them in the garden. I call it my energy boost. I don't see another one even starting to turn. Don't know what is taking so long. I am ready to start making salsa and canning juice. |
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Jul 04 2009 : 2:03:23 PM
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I am so excited for you...I just picked my first tomato 2 days ago...and I have 5 more that are going to be ready in a few days...I counted 35 little ones..cant wait...
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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couggardengirl
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Bridgette
Clarkston
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2009 : 8:01:19 PM
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| The first tomatoes are always the best, those gems you've been waiting for since the first tomato of last season! I picked my first two ripe tomatoes on Monday and had them sliced with s&p for dinner on Tuesday. Anyone for a tomato sandwich on sourdough bread.....I eat them all summer long !! :) |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2009 : 06:15:59 AM
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Jonni,I got one little ripe one a few days ago. I was saving it for my hubby to have when he got home. He always gets the first one. He had it this morning for breakfast. I sure hope there will be more. And bigger, too.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2009 : 06:18:14 AM
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So sweet, Kris...I've had 2 more since then and I'm just beside myself (stupid, right?) Each night I go out and there's another! I did have to stake up the vines again because with all the rain we've had, they're just crazy. Looks like a good tomato season (hopefully!)
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