Tomatoes

Tomatoes






Tomatoes are a fruit I grow in our garden here in New Jersey. We begin our plants from seeds that we purchase from http://www.seedsavers.org/, or http://www.seedsofchange.com/. In January we are spending time looking over our catalogs for our prized fruit. I only buy from companies that have heirloom varieties. Heirloom seeds are seeds that are handed down from one person to another. You might just be growing a plant that your great grandfather grew.





By May we are putting our first tomatoes in the ground. We try to get them in as early as we can. This year we were harvesting our first tomato by the tenth of July. The total tomato plants we put in for the year of 2008 is 150 plants.


This year I have choose to keep track of my harvest. Here is the tally so far.


Paste Tomatoes 460


Regular Tomatoes 60





We have canned 13 jars of paste tomatoes so far.

Happy Harvesting!