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I can safely say they are the best tomatoes I've ever eaten.

Steve, do you get much snow in the winter? I could see where that would be a problem for us to bury our root crops for storage. I'm hoping to turn part of a closet that's on an outside wall on two sides into a cold storage closet. I don't think it would take much. Divide the closet, and maybe...

I found another one of those nice, big, tasty yellow tomatoes. They are delicious!

One of my "Mystery Heirlooms". Brandywine Yellow, perhaps? (I'm still looking for those pinks I planted!)

Unfortunately, it is a hybrid. I do have some of the seeds left, though, so hopefully I can plant more next year. Hal - I haven't forgotten about the Health Kick taste test - it just seems like it's taking forever for those darn things to ripen on the counter. They are apparently a firm...

We built a greenhouse early this spring. Well, got it started anyway - a hoophouse. It didn't get done early enough to use it as a greenhouse for this year, but I planted stuff in there anyway (we didn't put the plastic on). Everything in there got aphids and just looked puny. Except my basil...

Well - today I discovered 3 LARGE yellow tomatoes in my Mystery Heirloom row. Google tells me that they're probably Brandywine Yellows. The one I had on my BLT for supper was delicious. That one weighed in at 1 1/2 lbs. The other two are similar in size. I hadn't been looking too closely at them...

Hal, I have a Health Kick that's almost ripe. I'm going to make a point of taste testing it just for you! I'll let you know what I think.

I have to confess - I've never even heard of most of these tomatoes! Sounds like you have quite the garden gong there!

Seems to me, your DH's timing is a bit suspicious... Those tomatoes look so good!

Wow, Steve, I think you have more varieties than I have plants altogether! How did your Bloody Butchers turn out for you? Carol Dee, you almost have me drooling on my keyboard! I can't wait for them to ripen - they look delicious!

Hmm, after doing some checking, I think I also have a Black Krim in my Mystery Heirloom row. I LOVE this!

Thanks, Ridgerunner and digitS'! I have some plastic trays that are vented on the bottom that I can put them in and let them set on the deck in the sun - it's on the west side of the house so we get sun all afternoon. I think I'll bring them in at night, though, since it gets damp and dewy in...

What do I do with them after I harvest them? They're ready to go - the tops are all dead. This is the first year we've had any onions to do anything with. Big, white ones - mostly baseball to softball size. In the past, they've been puny. Not even golf ball sized. I have dehydrated them in the...

Good ideas, Ridgerunner! That's going in my notebook for next year. I have NEVER had tomatoes as big as these plants are. Some of them are taller than me (although my sons would tell you that's no big deal since I'm only 5' 2 1/2") Our squash has gone crazy, too. I went into the squash jungle on...

Journey, thanks for the pointer on the Mortgage Lifters. I will keep an eye out for them. As I go out to pick, I do kind of look/grope around for the labels I put under the plants. I found a few. Some aren't marked, but those are the "Mystery Heirlooms" I bought from the local greenhouse. It was...

I haven't tried the Health Kick specifically yet. I've just been picking and putting them all together when I do. I will make a point of trying one, though, and let you know how it tastes! I also forgot to mention Ace 55 - the seeds were 5 years old, but I decided to try them anyway - what did...

This year has been an amazing one for gardening! I don't know if it was the early (and frequent) spring rains, the old, "cured", 20-year old manure that DH took out of the pole barn and tilled in, or what. But it's been an adventure! I planted several different types of tomatoes out there, and...

I found some scapes when we harvested our garlic a couple of weeks ago. I diced a couple of them (and the bulbils), and sauteed them in olive oil with some summer squash and onion. It was delicious!