I had written off my tomatoes this year. The horn worms wanted them, the slugs wanted them, and I am a squeamish pest battler to say the least. I figured that though my vines were prolific, I just couldn't keep the pests at bay without spraying all sorts of chemicals.
Add to that the fact that we only had 3 days this summer when the temperature rose above the 90 degree mark. We just hadn't had enough sun to ripen them properly.
Imagine my surprise tonight when I was on my way out to the compost pile and noticed quite a bit of red peeking through the jungle that had developed when the pole beans decided that the huge tomato vines would make a good trellis.
Tomatoes!
Ripe Tomatoes!
Piles of Tomatoes.
Sydney and I filled three dutch ovens and my biggest colander with plum, cherry and a few globe tomatoes. She kept saying "It's a tomato fiesta!".
I'll have enough for 9 pints of salsa and 4 or 5 quarts of sauce. I can taste it already.
I almost hate to eat those beauties above because they are so perfect!
4 comments:
Yay! I love those kinds of surprises!
Wowee!! So, what happened to the pests? Went on vacation early? Awesome!
I think they all expired from over-eating, lol.
Your post gives me hope for my tomato plants that got off to a great start this spring, but then slowly started wilting away.
However, in early September, when I had just about given up all hope of seeing even one tomato this summer, flowers started popping up. And I'm thinking flowers must mean tomatoes on the way?
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