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Garden Gate:  Starting to get a few ripe tomatos!! Yeehaw!  |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 7:50:05 PM
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Trouble is, I can't wait to put them in a salad so they usually just get 'et' right on the spot. I figgered out that I need to chow down just a day or so before they are truly ripe, otherwise they are a bit mushy inside.
Have 9 plants of all types. Some of the plants and 'maters are so big they just hang over, keep breaking the trellis things we put in. Found 'maters on the ground even.
Still, the best tasting!!
Winona :-)
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 8:23:02 PM
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Winona:
Enjoy those tomatoes. Our tomatoes are finishing. My DH pulled two of the ten plants out today. They were all dried up, but they were super good in the salads.
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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mom2my2boyz
True Blue Farmgirl
56 Posts
Sarah
MN
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 8:34:28 PM
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Mine are coming, too! Just tonight we enjoyed BLT's on homemade bread with homegrown "Lemon Boy" and "Black Prince" tomatoes, and garden-fresh lettuce! YUM! Nothing like a tomato fresh out of the garden, still warm from the sun!!!
"So I threw my hands in the air. I was done with Wal-Mart and Wonderbread. I wanted something real."
-Excerpted from Jenna Woginrich's book, "Made from Scratch" a must-read! |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2009 : 05:27:24 AM
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I think I have a Lemon Boy, not sure. Hubby planted some of the plants and tossed the little signs so we're not sure what they are. Just yellow...hehehe...
The Early girls have been going a while and the Roma's are sure coming around quickly. The others a going in fits and starts.
Yep, I love to spot a bit of red amongst the leaves or some real yellow and then either eat on the spot or slice up with sea salt and pepper...yummy!!
Winona :-)
To read funny stories about my cooking 'skills', please visit http://lostadventuresincooking.blogspot.com/
For uber-opinionated, pleasurable horse related reading, please visit http://horseinfoperson.blogspot.com/
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2009 : 05:39:00 AM
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It's yummy here in Kentucky, too, Winona. I'm finally getting a few myself. Been eating tomato sandwiches at work and in stuffed green peppers(from the garden,too). We've had so much rain the poor tomatoes seem to stay green forever. :(
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2009 : 06:33:03 AM
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Yes, my tomatoes are just getting their coor....hoooray. Nothing I like better then a nice tomato sandwich......well actually I love a fried egg sandwich a little better
Beverly |
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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2009 : 06:49:25 AM
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>>  << Yup - there is nothing more enjoyable than fresh 'maters from the garden!! -- Noah's been really good about pickin' the green ones from our plants..they too have the tendancy to pull the vines down toward the ground, even tho we have 'em on supports.
I made up some fresh salsa last night to have with flour tortillas...Weee!! Yummy, an' since the batch is in the fridge, tonight it'll even taste better!! Yum!!
Laurianne |
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2009 : 08:56:12 AM
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Color...I meant color.
I just went and picked a few...the cherry tomatoes are ready the others I will put in a paper bag for another 2days.
Have fun gals...today I have a lot of sawing to do---not exactly my idea of fun....oh well.
Beverly |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2009 : 8:30:11 PM
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Mine are still green! I grew them from seed and they are organic, so it takes awhile. I am getting impatient for that first ripe one though!
Dawn in IL |
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Starting to get a few ripe tomatos!! Yeehaw!
