this is why i think i can be a farmer

it is a beautiful day here and tomorrow is supposed to be nice too, but they may be the last beautiful days for a while.  and these? these are what didn't entirely ripen this year because it was such a late spring and cool start to the summer, so in turn, the tomatoes were late too.  i didn't reap nearly this many ripe fruit, but i will put some of the more colorful ones on the window sill to continue to ripen, and i might make some kind of green tomato somethings with the others.  has anyone pickled the tiny little green ones? was it worth it? did they even taste good?  it could all end up compost but that is ok with me.  the fact that three plants grew so well, and finally produced was good enough for me.  and, it has me inspired to plant more next year - and then some...

these little red ones i was quite excited to find... didn't have more than a couple that ripened so i am thrilled to eat these two in the next few minutes.  i can't remember the variety, chocolate something or other... the tag is outside, but i am inside now and doubt that i am going to outside again in the next little while....

this here is the plant matter i cut down today...  three little plants in june.  i am, from here on out, quite in love with tomato farming.

{this is my second post with photos using typepad's new and 'improved' platform.  i have changed the picture size but it is impossible to tell in the preview what that really is... i found that out last post as they were all to be the same size and well... you can see they are not. so, more fussing is probably in my future. hang tight}

{ok, the photos are huge, but i might like that, so will stick with it for a while and see... but, does it mean it takes forever to load on your end?}

Comments

[debra]

I picked the last of the green and pinkish tomatoes yesterday; also 4 bunches of celery, some Swiss chard and some lettuce. Just in time, too. Today was a mix of rain and a bit of snow, heavily covered with gray skies. A beautiful contrast to the leaves that are still emitting their golden radiance.

[sarah]

The new typepad isn't too bad when you get used to it. You can customize the default to always load the way you want and then you just have to choose the photo alignment. I always set mine to medium, because then they don't stretch the page and you can always click to make them bigger. If you need help, let me know!

[Jen]

Ooh, they look like little jewels! I'm sure you'll be a wonderful farmer. Let's hope for better weather next year.

[Siew]

Green tomato mincemeat. Add enough spices, apples, raisins, currants and sugar to anything and you'll get something terribly yummy.

[julie]

firstly - it actually loaded quickly today when usually it takes forever.
and wow, you really should think about farming full-time!!

[katie]

being a visual kind of gal I love the size of the photos - no problem for me to load on my average type computer - you have reminded me that I need to harvest our green tomatoes - though not so impressive as yours!

[gracia]

Look at your bountiful harvest... ah, tomatoes of all kinds, how I love them.

[gracia]

P.S. Photos took no time at all to load my end...

[Amy]

That is a lovely bunch of tomatoes...you do have a green thumb!

[jude]

farming is a good thing. there were hardly any good tomatoes here on the east coast this year. climate change or something. very scary.

[babelfish]

That's a lot of tomatoes! Hope the green ones will turn green and you're enjoy the fruits of your labour :)

[landscaping designers]

It seems that you are a good farmer. May I know what your secrets are for these? I want to try it also to my garden.