Tomatoes

[Magicman]

There is nothing that equals fresh home grown and vine ripened tomatoes. 


 
It only takes one slice to make a sammich.   

[thecfarm]

That is a sad sight. I'm just about to put my plants into the ground.

[Banjo picker]

I would agree, but come on now...those were yesteryears were they not?  Or do you have a green house too?  I planted brandy wine this year and do have squash and zucannie blooming...Banjo

[Magicman]

 :D  Not yesteryear's and no green house.  I took that picture this morning.  It is good to have a friend/neighbor that does not have a sawmill.....only a garden.   ;D

My tomato plants are only about 3' tall with marble size fruit. 

[bedway]

Stopped at a small Italian restaurant yesterday for lunch, in Oil City PA. Ordered a club sammi and had a real tomato on it. I couldnt believe how fresh and tasty it was. I swore it was like one you would pick off the vine in August and bite into. Tried to get the waitress to tell me where they were getting there tomatoes. She said if she told me the boss would fire her. I tried to bribe her, she just smiled. All she would say was since they had got this shipment of tomatoes in their business has tripled. 

[sawguy21]

DanG, that's not fair!!! We won't see fresh ones until July, a lot of people are just now putting their plants out after a long winter.

[Jeff]

We have snow predicted for tonight. :(

[sandhills]

Don't feel too bad Jeff I've had my whole garden growing in my basement for over a month now, it should've been transplanted 2 weeks ago, it's starting to die off  :-\.  Maybe this weekend, doesn't sound like anymore freezing.

[Magicman]

Ouch, and we have been continually pounded with rain.  My pond had not been within two feet of spillway runout for four years, and this year it has been running out since January.  LOOP

[scgargoyle]

Last year, my garden didn't cost me a dime, and tomatoes were about $20 a pound! They did very poorly- 6 tomatoes total from two plants. I worked the soil during the off-season, so we'll see what happens this year.

[Al_Smith]

We won't even have them in the ground until the last of May and not real good tomatoes until August .The early  ones ,46-50 day type are not as good as the longer growth type like big boy and beef steak .

Mine are in the window sill about 3 inchs high .

[gspren]

  Magic if I show that picture to Kay she will want to point the camper to your house, its already in the GPS. We wont have fresh Tomatoes for at least another month.

[Magicman]

Well Gary, you know the way without the GPS.  That plus the crawfish are in.   

[SLawyer Dave]

I got tomatoes and peppers growing on the plants, but it will be at least a month for them to ripen.  Picked my first green beans the other day.  I had bumper crops last year, but with moving, I am just starting to work soil that hasn't been planted in years.  I got a couple of yards of composted horse manure worked in, but the soil has a lot of clay, and virtually no other organic material.  So we will see how productive it will be.  The good news is that the new garden area is probably three times the size of my old one, so I put in a lot more numbers and variety.  I am hoping to be a canning, freezing, and preserving fool this summer.   

[two tired]

crawfish, did someone say crawfish?

[SwampDonkey]

I won't be putting in maters for a month. Those do look nice and sweet. I'll have to settle for fiddleheads today with my potato scallop. ;D

It's rather cool today, about 58. Good day to hibernate under some wool blankets. :D

[Sonofman]

Grits, did someone say Grits?  smiley_big_grin3

[Peter Drouin]

Ours are up, all the plants are up, the strawberrys will be red in 2 weeks

 

soon it will look like this  :D :D :D

[Magicman]

I'll have to settle for fiddleheads

 
Fiddleheads.....did someone mention fiddleheads  ??? ???

[SwampDonkey]

Yup, I'll see yours and raise ya a bowl full. :D



They are selling for $5/lb locally in stores. I pick mine off my own ground.

[sawguy21]

Never had those. Are they like green grits?

[thecfarm]

I never had fiddle heads,but I went on the wild side when I was younger and tried some grits.    I MIGHT try fiddle heads,but no way would I touch them things cooked. I wont even eat oinons and peppers that are cooked. They have a little too much green for me.

[Banjo picker]

Pardon my ignorance, but what it tarnation is a fiddle head...Banjo

[GATreeGrower]

Magicman I am envious we dont have a single ripe tomato yet and almost 50 plants

[beenthere]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddlehead_fern