August brings the best days of the garden- tomato days! I can't remember exactly when they started getting red, but I'd say it's been almost two weeks since the first lone tomato was ready. The different tomato plants have been ripening at different times/speeds; I don't know if it's due to the different varieties or different placement in boxes. One box has all small tomatoes and those have been coming fast and furious. I've already roasted two batches- of course we have a new oven and I burnt the first batch since this oven actually works! Some of the big varieties are coming now- although considering what I planted they seem way too big. I generally only plant medium size tomatoes and I have some extra large! In one box the six tomato plants got so big (even with pinching new growth) that they fell over in their cages after a couple of rainstorms. It is going to be very hard to pick those!
It's not only tomatoes though. We have some new wild blackberry bushes in the back and they have been producing like crazy. The cucumbers are going strong. Too strong- I ran out of some spices for pickling and got behind on them big time. Oops. My tomatillos are losing their husks and turning purple finally. They look very cool; I can't wait to try them. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are doing whatever they're doing underground, I guess we'll see in the fall. Squash and watermelon are going strong, sending out vines everywhere, and the peppers are picking up steam.
A purple husked tomatillo- beautiful
Big tomatoes are turning red
These little Sweet 100's have been coming on strong
A big little watermelon
The tomatoes in the back box have almost entirely engulfed the front box
Wild blackberries popped up in the back
Some pepper action
