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| Summer is here, ain't it sweet!! |
Well, the tomatoes are fully and finally in. Not just one tomato here or there, but enough to be proud of a real pickin. Yesterday's haul is shown above, and is more tomatoes than I had all of last summer. The summer that was gray and cool. Comfortable for us human folk, but unproductive for tomatoes and peppers. If there were only one crop I was allowed to put in my garden, it would be the luscious tomato, my symbol of summer eating at its best.
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| Pink Brandywine |
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| Pink Brandywine | |
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The sun, captured in nature's own wrapper. Picked right off the vine, still warm. Tomato juice dribble down the front of another shirt, clear and telling evidence that I was snitching a freebie when she thought I was dutifully collecting for dinner. But well worth it.
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| More Brandywines |
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| Chocolate Cherry |
You might get the impression that I like the Pink Brandywine. Yes, a delicious tomato. But also in the first picture are the wonderful yellow Jubilee and the darker tomato, the Black Krim. New to me, fairly early, absolutely delicious, and the interior a dark burgundy. And the Cherokee Purple, a delight. Another tomato new to me this year was Dr. Wyche. A large yellow tomato, firm when cut, with the appearance of mangoes. Then the Chocolate Cherry tomato. Full tomato flavor in such a small package. And when picked in the fall, still delivering a fine home tomato surprise taste into December. I will be growing all of these varieties again, as they are all winners. Too bad the tomato season is so short. There is NOTHING in the store to compare to a home grown tomato.
