2011 mostly heirloom tomato garden and more - Page 3

kath · May 9, 2011

I think your photos look great! Love your kitty, too. Thanks for posting them- those of us in the North can only dream that our tomatoes will look that good this year.

organichris · May 9, 2011

Looking good to me.

chancethegardener · May 11, 2011

A mix of tomatoes (Costoluto Genovese, cherries) and peppers (Hungarian wax, Marconi):

chancethegardener · June 12, 2011

More pictures:
Besser, Cherokee purple, Cherry tomato (ripe/unripe), container tomato, Iznik cucumber vine, German strawberry, Iznik cucumber, mixed peppers and tomatoes 1, mixed peppers and tomatoes 2, orange/Costoluto, sausage tomato, two pictures of the monster that was munching on a tomato plant

chancethegardener · June 12, 2011

I just harvested these. Beefsteak tomatoes, cucumbers, and sunchoke.

chancethegardener · September 29, 2011

Here are some fall pictures. I think I am growing some plants out of season... Oh well, it's fun experimenting

1) Okra (Star of David)
2) Ali Baba watermelon
3) Ali Baba watermelon flowers
4) Sugar snap peas (or leftover peas after devastating Florida rains

)
5) Clarimore zucchini
6) Half runner beans
7) Tigger melon
8) Tigger melon fruit

lakelady · September 30, 2011

I love looking at plants...those tigger fruits are supposed to smell divine. Have you eaten one yet? Do you grow most of your plants in pots? The beans look great...but what's the difference between a pole bean, a runner bean and a half runner bean? I just grow string beans

lakelady · September 30, 2011

Your tomatoes and other plants look so healthy...and NO black spots. I'm jealous!

I've got a Thessaloniki growing indoors, I'm so happy to hear you like the plant, how did you like the fruits?

chancethegardener · October 2, 2011

Hi lakelady,
No I haven't eaten any melons yet, and I am not sure whether I will be able to eat before it becomes colder (I actually like experimenting and I want to see what's going to happen).
I garden mostly in raised beds but also give it a shot every now then to see how different plants do in containers. So far melon and watermelons are doing very good.
I think a half-runner bean is between a pole and runner bean. It is frequently mentioned that half runners don't need staking but I don't agree since they easily get taller than 5 ft, at least in my case.
I grew Thessaloniki last summer and I must say it is a very juicy and sweet tomato. It was one of the earliest plants to produce fruits, and prolific.
And some more pictures:
1) Frog resting on the bell pepper plant.
2) Ants on the California black eye pea.
3) Harvest (peppers, arugula, mustard greens).
4) Leftover golden purslane after harvesting.

I have a question regarding picture 2. These ants love my California black eye peas, and actually if I am not hallucinating, they also cut the beans at the stem. Are these ants common pests that attack specifically these beans?

chancethegardener · November 15, 2011

Currently in the garden:
Raised bed with broccoli (Goliath), cabbage (Copenhagen), cauliflower (early snowball), early red cabbage and scallions.
Pink Brandywine (Sudduth's Strain) and Brandywine flowers
Rutgers and Rutgers flowers
Mortgage Lifter (Halladay's Strain) on the left, Costoluto Genovese on the right
Black Krim
Nyagous on the left , Rutgers (I think) in the middle, and and Paul Robeson on the right

lakelady · November 15, 2011

The plants look good! Wish I could grow outdoors right now....I hope its a short winter

chancethegardener · November 15, 2011

Weather is warm these days. I am not sure how the plants will handle the frost in December but I will wait and see. I hope winter doesn't stay too long for you.

November 15, 2011	#41
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	The plants look good! Wish I could grow outdoors right now....I hope its a short winter __________________ Antoniette

May 9, 2011	#31
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	I think your photos look great! Love your kitty, too. Thanks for posting them- those of us in the North can only dream that our tomatoes will look that good this year.

May 9, 2011	#32
organichris Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 630	Looking good to me.

September 30, 2011	#37
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	I love looking at plants...those tigger fruits are supposed to smell divine. Have you eaten one yet? Do you grow most of your plants in pots? The beans look great...but what's the difference between a pole bean, a runner bean and a half runner bean? I just grow string beans

November 15, 2011	#42
chancethegardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: WV Posts: 604	Weather is warm these days. I am not sure how the plants will handle the frost in December but I will wait and see. I hope winter doesn't stay too long for you.