We're Gonna Need A Bigger Table

This picture is from Monday 8/10. I had to head to Seattle, and Nora and I went out to the garden before I left. This was the biggest single harvest to date (until Friday). The tally on this harvest is 315 Juliets, 11 Burpee, 4 Heirloom, 20 La Roma, and 11 Jalapeno's. An absolute massive amount of tomatoes.


This is Friday 8/14. Just a ridiculous volume of tomatoes. I was out of town for almost the whole week, and as a result the garden didnt get any water, and it was quite hot and dry. This clearly kicked the Burpee's into high gear as you can see a lot of them on the right. The tally here is 426 Juliet's, 45 La Roma's, 36 Burpee's, and 22 Jalapenos (not pictured). These barely fit on the table. Several of the Burpee's on the right are near two pounds (just based on holding it).


I just love how some of the tomatoes slowly turn color closer to the top. This is a close-up of the top of one of the Burpees as its turning. If you click on the picture, you can see the color variation pretty well. Most of the tomatoes seem to do this at the top, but this one seemed to be a bit more overt then most.


The other fun thing about picking tomatoes lately has been seen all of the "aberrations" from the normal tomato. As you can see, this tomato happens to have a small growth coming out of the top. This is legitimate tomato and tasted pretty good : ). I have seen some that have growths like this, some that are grown together, and others that are just mis-shaped.

Some of the peppers are finally starting to change color. I am going to get some pictures this week and post them.