Aug. 18th, 2012

My tweets

Aug. 18th, 2012 12:00 pm
ksmith: (Default)

Tomatoes

Aug. 18th, 2012 07:54 pm
ksmith: (red_wine)

I have actually been harvesting for the past couple of weeks, but the take has been limited to one or two big tomatoes at a time, or a handful of cherries. This is the first significant haul, and given the number of greenies on the Black Cherry, it won’t be the last.

Yes, we have some tomatoes

It’s hard to tell thanks to the lighting, but the middle two large tomatoes have a pinkish cast–those are the Arkansas Traveler. The ones on either side with the orange tinge are the St Pierre. The Black Cherry…well, it’s obvious.

The raised bed St Pierre and Arkansas Traveler have maybe 6-8 large fruit in various stages of ripening, while the Sel. Franchi has 3, including a huge one that looks like two tomatoes that grew together. The St Pierre and Sel. Franchi in the deck pots have 2 tomatoes each, and those look to be all she wrote where they’re concerned. That’s it–no more deck pot tomatoes for me. The take simply isn’t worth the effort.

I cut up some of the Black Cherry and the cracked Arkansas Traveler, and added them to some leftover pasta dressed with the last of last summer’s basil pesto. Had some with the grilled swordfish, along with a cantaloupe-nectarine salad. Glass of chenin blanc. Ate out of the deck.

Summer dinners.

Mirrored from Kristine Smith.

August 2025

S M T W T F S
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Aug. 24th, 2025 01:05 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios