Let's see your tomatoes

[Backyard Lumberjack]

here's what i'm getting ready to plant. also some hanging basket type called tumbling tom that i bought the other day at produce auction. they are a x-lg cherry type designed for hanging baskets. the flats are mountain fresh. also a few pepper plants.View attachment 504421 View attachment 504422 View attachment 504423

that's great, FS! looks like u got it together with the sets, too! I liked seeing your cherries. what kind? I had posted some of my sweet 100's in green stage... but noted today... that group is now turning red. they are a nice, large cherry tomato... looking forward to adding them to kitchen routines... so will you plant all those and then sell the produce? auction or farmer's market...?

 

[farmer steve]

that's great, FS! looks like u got it together with the sets, too! I liked seeing your cherries. what kind? I had posted some of my sweet 100's in green stage... but noted today... that group is now turning red. they are a nice, large cherry tomato... looking forward to adding them to kitchen routines... so will you plant all those and then sell the produce? auction or farmer's market...?

the cherries are called tumbling tom. going to plant all those as soon as it dries out and sell most through my market later this summer.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

the cherries are called tumbling tom. going to plant all those as soon as it dries out and sell most through my market later this summer.

imo, one he** of a 'gardening operation'. glad I got to see the pix... truck farming, any one! ??

 

[amberg]

Not a lot of progress yet. They just had another down pour on them right after I took the picture, makes the third one today. They have a long way to go before I get my mater sandmich!

 

[amberg]

is that your place? pretty grasses, in any event... I like the pastures and the tree lines off in the distance... nice pix... only rural is rural...

well, if ur bed/planter is having probs... mite consider raised beds. and good mulch around... tomatoes seem to like and do well as to rooting etc even if wet. but I am sure u know all about that... thanks for pix...

Yes it is my place, It has been in the family since the 1880's. The ol man said the house was built in 1890. I can try to get some pics. if you want to see them.
The tomatoes are on sort of a raised bed, That cow manure lets the water drain through pretty good. My buddy had his set out in regular dirt and they had so much water on them that they turned yellow and died.

 

[USMC615]

Nice tomatoes fellas, regardless of what type. Two thumbs up to all of ya...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Not a lot of progress yet. They just had another down pour on them right after I took the picture, makes the third one today. They have a long way to go before I get my mater sandmich!

looking good! i see tomatoes!! the only thing i would do if that was my tomato patch is i would mulch around the base of the plants... keep rain and water splashing mud off them, also helps reduce evaporation at the root ball level. and... if they were mine, and... given their size, if you haven't... then i would... side dress them with 13-13-13! enjoyed seeing...

never seen a farm, a barn, a pasture, a herd... nor garden, i din't like!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yes it is my place, It has been in the family since the 1880's. The ol man said the house was built in 1890. I can try to get some pics. if you want to see them. The tomatoes are on sort of a raised bed, That cow manure lets the water drain through pretty good. My buddy had his set out in regular dirt and they had so much water on them that they turned yellow and died.

pix? more? see ur 1880's 'homeplace'? of course... please by all means....

as I said:

never seen a farm, a barn, a pasture, a herd... nor garden, i din't like!!

 

[amberg]

Here is a couple I got today between storms. The old chimney is all rocks from the creeks, It has a fire place down stairs and up stairs.

 

[amberg]

A couple more from the front poarch and the truck seat.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

oh, u got them up. hadn't seen these...

really nice place! lots of tractors!! great looking grasses. great looking working farm. is the fireplace a working wood burner? LR and bedroom upstairs, too? I see an outside pipe, thinking maybe a wood burning stove...

lots of outbuildings... and paddock cross fencing, too. and in same hands over 130 years... omg, what stores that farm could tell... the car, the airplane, WWI, WWII, television, computer, man on moon and the AS! lol

ok, more pix plse. kitchen, fireplace, etc...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

been eating them as fast as them been coming in of late... but the garden is starting to win in this race... so here is a shot of whats on my counter currently... ripening inside...

now, nothing to crow about given some of the ag/toamato activities I have seen here on AS. but... this is home garden stuff... and as any home gardener knows... it matters not... one tomato or two tomaotes... any that make if off the vine and into the kitchen are all rated .

so to me... show me one tomato you grew at home... or an acre or two you 'truck farmed' up... and I will say: way to go!!!!

 

[Ash_403]

Nice tomatoes. Makes me hungry. I shouldn't have to wait too much longer for mine to start producing. Especially the Sweet 100 cherries.

No fruit from my garden yet. I just planted the tomato (and pepper) starts Tuesday last week. The biggest plant is about a foot and a half tall, but they are starting to grow now.

The pole beans are starting to climb. Lima (bush) are nearly a foot high now (the other thread convinced me to try lima this year). Pepper starts are quite small still.

I'm also trying Okra this year. Five plants that are still quite small.

The initial wait is part of the fun, I suppose.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Not a lot of progress yet. They just had another down pour on them right after I took the picture, makes the third one today. They have a long way to go before I get my mater sandmich!

amberg: this un's for you ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Nice tomatoes. Makes me hungry. I shouldn't have to wait too much longer for mine to start producing. Especially the Sweet 100 cherries. No fruit from my garden yet. I just planted the tomato (and pepper) starts Tuesday last week. The biggest plant is about a foot and a half tall, but they are starting to grow now.The pole beans are starting to climb. Lima (bush) are nearly a foot high now (the other thread convinced me to try lima this year). Pepper starts are quite small still.I'm also trying Okra this year. Five plants that are still quite small.The initial wait is part of the fun, I suppose.

thanks! also have some lima project posts n pix over in the lima bean thread... u been there? my limas are podding well, and the beans inside 1/2 - 2/3rds ready to harvest. should get tons. lots of nice pods now and flowers galore...

I agree, growing it all is part of the fun. 2nd only to eating it... lol

I do some okra. like it pan fired best. many ways to cook it... also, if I pick tender pods 2" or so... I like them boiled too served with some butta'... of course, pretty good in a gumbo, too. 5 okra plants will get BIG, you just wait and see... lol

 

[amberg]

Update, They are starting to grow now, still long time before a mater sandmich! (but I am a waiting )

 

[amberg]

This is a couple pics. from my neighbor up the road. Some maters, peppers, mellons, and lopes, and some cukes and strawberrys.

 

[amberg]

oh, u got them up. hadn't seen these...

really nice place! lots of tractors!! great looking grasses. great looking working farm. is the fireplace a working wood burner? LR and bedroom upstairs, too? I see an outside pipe, thinking maybe a wood burning stove...

lots of outbuildings... and paddock cross fencing, too. and in same hands over 130 years... omg, what stores that farm could tell... the car, the airplane, WWI, WWII, television, computer, man on moon and the AS! lol

ok, more pix plse. kitchen, fireplace, etc...

The outside pipe is the vent for one of two pellet stoves in this old cold ass house, along with three propane stoves, two with blowers and one wall mounted in the bath room, and five electric heaters. I am not able to cut enough fire wood to keep four or five wood burners going any more. I can remember back in the early sixty's when there were six fires going at one time here. (I have cut my share of fire wood)

Ten heaters in total and still cold!!
And four air conditioners in the summer, and still hot!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Update, They are starting to grow now, still long time before a mater sandmich! (but I am a waiting )

why all that shade? I see a sunny spot couple feet to the R... j/k... well, they look good, any flowers yet?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

This is a couple pics. from my neighbor up the road. Some maters, peppers, mellons, and lopes, and some cukes and strawberrys.

interesting...