I took this shot a few weeks ago when my tomato harvest was peaking. Ahh the good ‘ol days. The big orange ones in the middle are Goldie – and they are beauties. I’m actually still getting a few of those off the vine. They’re a later variety. The big pinky one just above those…
Tag: Yellow Pear
Tomato download
Whew… it’s been a heck of a weekend. We got back from our crazy 8+ hr drive from Quebec City on Friday around dinnertime, and then rushed about trying to get the lawn cut and the copious tomato bounty harvested before the rain started. I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed to…
The fruits of my labour
I’ve had the chance now to enjoy tomatoes from all the various types I have growing and I thought I’d make a few notes on them. Probably the tomato I am least happy with in flavour is the Yellow Pear heirloom variety. It is a low-acid variety so that probably accounts for the blandish flavour,…
First harvest
Last summer I cleared myself an overgrown section of the front gardens to make into a veggie plot. It was a hugely daunting task, since the approximately 12 by 6 foot plot was thickly overgrown with ivy and self-propagated day lilies. Not to mention tulip and hyacinth bulbs that had been planted there by Chris’s…