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Your CPs are gorgeous, compared to the two I just picked. Both had ugly splits more than halfway down. Lucky you!

In my experience, hybrids are more prolific, can accept a broader range of weather/stress conditions, have longer "counter" life than heirlooms, and are also more disease resistant. These attributes make them very good for market. I grow only heirlooms as I love their unique appearance and...

At the first show of BER, this year I crushed some Calcium tablets I had lying around and dissolved them in H20, and used this as a foliage spray. Just to be on the safe side, I also stuck a few in the soil. They dissolve pretty quickly, so I'll be doing this periodically throughout the season...

The cucumber that I'm trying this year is 'Cool Breeze', one that supposedly self-fertilizes. I have yet to harvest a full grown cucumber though. All of them die off as little tiny babies.

I'm getting a lot of splitting, especially with the Cherokee Purple. The only almost-ripe tomato is so severely split, only half of it will be edible. It's pretty small, to boot. :(

A few pics of some of my tomatoes. These were taken a few days ago, and the Black Krim has started to show some blush since then. 'Principe Bhorgese' 'Black Krim' 'Nyagous'

I make panzanella: Now if my tomatoes would just hurry up and ripen!!

Let's see....you can: 1. Preserve them to cook with 2. Make 3. Make lemon granitas/sorbet 4. Make lemon souffles 5. Make lemon bars 6. Make lemon meringue pie 7. Make limoncello!! That's what I can think of at the moment. I LOVE lemons and use them all the time and envy that you can...

Just wondering, what are you fertilizing the Purple Cherokees with? As for my tomato garden, I'm still waiting for the first tomato to ripen....*sigh*

Has anyone tried growing them in containers? I'm wondering how well they'd do.

I love artichokes as well. Steamed and dipped in lemon garlic butter is my method of choice.

Ahh, I never thought of that. I'll be out there tomorrow morning doing just that.

I have two zucchini plants in an Earthbox-one 'Black Beauty' and one 'Eight Ball'. The plants themselves have gotten HUGE since I planted them, yet the squash don't seem to get very big. The Black Beauty will maybe get to the size of a small cornichon pickle, then get soft and mushy, rendering...

Could it be sunscald? http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/Diseases/tomaprob.htm

Definitely herbs, if you cook with them. You can go broke buying them from the supermarket!