Heirloom Tomatoes
One of my passions is growing Heirloom Tomatoes - I have around 20 varieties, and I am hoping for a BIG harvest this year.
Like most tomato growers, I anxiously await the first ripe tomato. I plan when to pick it, how I will eat it, and most of all, how good it will taste.
On Friday, I saw five almost-ripe tomatoes, and although the tomato experts (like Dr. Carolyn Male) say you can harvest them as soon as the color is 1/2 up the fruit, I decided to leave them on the vine.
Well, they are gone. Disappeared! The most likely culpret is Tallulah, my 2-year-old yellow Labrador. She has a particular fondness for tomatoes, and though she hardly ever gets in trouble, i think she decided SHE needed the first tomatoes of the season.
If you want to learn more about heirloom tomatoes, I highly recommend, "100 Hierloom Tomatoes for the American Garden" - By Dr. Carolyn J. Male.
I am going to Tractor Supply later to get more fencing.
Yum! I want to hear more about your tomatoes. One of my fondest memories as a child is popping a ripe tomato off the vine in the garden and making a simple sandwich out of it: toasted bread with a little butter, a sliced fresh just-picked (never refrigerated!) tomato, and a dash of salt. That's it. Not gourmet. Not complex. One of my favorite sandwiches in the world.
Remind Tallulah she's a carnivore and to leave the veggies for the humans! :-)
Ann Zuccardy
Vermont Shortbread Company
Posted by: Ann at Vermont Shortbread Company | 12 June 2006 at 07:23 PM