Baymule's 2017 Garden Thread

[Nyboy]

Wow I hope the nursery has starts of them, looks like it would be great for green fried tomatoes.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

Let me know how the corn goes, and take lots of photos!

 

[so lucky]

Nyboy, you may have a hard time finding Mortgage Lifter at a regular nursery. If you have a "mom and pop" kind of greenhouse/nursery, you will have better luck.

 

[lcertuche]

I really want to try some Cherokee Purples but it probably won't be this year. I like Arkansas Travelers because they set tomatoes when it gets hot which most tomatoes aren't so good at that. I have grown Delicious and they make a big meaty tomato. Very pretty. i like Rutgers too because they are nice and acidic which is a flavor I like in a tomato.

 

[baymule]

Yesterday before the rains hit, I picked turnip greens and mustard greens! I froze 4 quart bags of turnip greens and we are having the mustard greens tonight.

 

[journey11]

@baymule I am trying the Cherokee Purple for the first time this year, I have read and heard so many compliments on the taste of this variety. I have around 50 plants in the greenhouse, but I am going to share some of them with friends and neighbors.
I dehydrate a lot of my tomatoes and it does concentrate the flavor for sure. I use them for soups, chili, stew, salads (I grow kale, spinach, chard, and beet tops in winter), and even on sandwiches through the off season.

I got my seed from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, had great germination from them.

Have you ever grown a Mule Team tomato? or Glacier?...or Delicious?...or Homestead 24?
I am trying these this year also.

I've been growing Delicious for several years and it is one of my all-time favorites. It's a huge, red beefsteak. I've had some reach just over 2lbs. and that was without any special treatment or pinching blooms. The flavor has a perfectly balanced acidity and it makes one fine tomato sandwich.

 

[thistlebloom]

Baymule, that top picture of your greens is so evocative to me.
It seems the quintessence of gardening, right there in a bowl. The way the light falls on it, and the richness of that purple, with the leafs veins so contrasted. Very nice.

(The second bowl is pretty too.)

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

crop the pic a little & it could be a POW submission! they look wonderful with that red/purple color!

 

[digitS']

Today I planted 29 Cherokee Purple tomato plants in one of the trellis...

27 years ago: How the Cherokee Purple Tomato got its name by Craig LeHoullier

Slow Food Asheville a local chapter of the international Slow Food movement.

Steve

 

[Collector]

27 years ago: How the Cherokee Purple Tomato got its name by Craig LeHoullier

Slow Food Asheville a local chapter of the international Slow Food movement.

Steve

Interesting story.