Tomato of the season! Yeppers — yesterday I finally picked the first delicious, amazingly scrumptious tomato of this growing season! Huzzah!
That poor tomato didn’t stand a chance, within seconds of picking it I had tomato juice and seeds dribbling down my chin as I savored every amazing bite.
To me home gardening is defined by two things: Zucchini that grows like kudzu on steroids and the incredible taste of a fresh-picked tomato. In fact, the taste of a home-grown tomato differs so much from whatever it is they sell in the grocery store that I feel they need to rename the grocery store stuff. Blahmato? Cardboardmato? Blandmato? All good descriptions that I offer freely to the grocery stores of America!
The tomato season has begun, and for me that means Summer is officially here!
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Oh. my. gosh. I am so jealous – that is just spectacular!!! I have flowers. That’s all. I’m moving south, that’s all there is to it.
Will the rest all ripen over the next few weeks then?
More than a few weeks grasshopper — the rest ripen all the way up to the first frost 3 months from now! At least here in a more southern clime…
Remember that determinate and indeterminate stuff you may have read about? Well, determinate is a fancy way of saying — grows like a bush, fruit ripens all at once. Indeterminate means — grows like a vine, fruit ripens all season until the vine dies. Most tomatoes are indeterminate.
OK, not to make you mad or anything, but I just ate a heavenly sandwich with fresh tomato on it. It was so incredibly juicy and good I have to go take a shower now!
You are absolutely right! We picked our first tomato last week and it was heavenly. I had forgotten that tomatoes could have that much flavor. We have gotten a couple more since and they barely make it into the house. No one can possibly understand the difference between grocery store tomatoes and homegrown tomatoes unless they have tasted it fresh and warm out of the garden. YUM!!!
YUM pretty much sums it up! Thanks for stopping by again!