First Cherry Tomatoes of the Season!

It almost feels like Christmas in July! I finally have been able to pick some ripe cherry tomatoes! These small, yet beautiful orange spheres are from my Sun Sugar tomato plants. I was able to pick two ripe tomatoes from both of my plants this morning and there are plenty more to come in the next few weeks! 

Cherry tomatoes have always done really well in my garden. Usually, I grow the Husky Red Cherry Tomato and end up with a constant flow of cherry tomatoes from mid-July through September. Although I'm not growing them this year, I am growing three cherry tomatoes plants, which will hopefully give me even more tomatoes! 

We have also finally gotten some summer heat here in the northeast, so I'm hoping this will give my cherry tomato plants some added boost. I've been waiting to eat fresh cherry tomatoes for months! I'm glad it's finally that time of year! 

Sun Gold Cherry Tomato on the vine. 

Small morning harvest of raspberries and cherry tomatoes. 

Cherry Tomatoes After a Rainstorm

My cherry tomatoes have taken off! They are huge, spreading out and growing to at least six feet tall. They're taller than me!  

There are a bunch of green cherry tomatoes on my plants but they haven't ripen yet. I need some sunny days for that to happen, it's been rainy and cloudy  lately. 

However, the rain made for some cool pictures this morning. 

Harvest 9/11/12 still getting Tomatoes!

Today's harvest:
5 Juliet tomatoes
4 cherry tomatoes
2 heirloom tomatoes
1 big boy tomato
1 hot pepper
1 cucumber

Premature Harvest before the storm! 9/8/12

With a tornado watch currently in effect I wanted to harvest some tomatoes from the garden even though they're not completely ripe yet! One tomato, the Marion one, is actually a weird shape and split a little.

Today's harvest:
1 cucumber
1 heirloom tomato
1 Marion tomato
6 Juliet tomatoes
3 cherry tomatoes

Strange Cucumber harvest! 9/1/12

Today was a small harvest but then again it's already September and the garden is starting to slow down! I got some strange shaped cucumbers today but I'm pretty sure it's due to the inconsistent watering as of late.

Today's harvest:
1 heirloom tomato
2 Juliet tomatoes
2 cherry tomatoes
3 cucumbers

Harvest August 14, 2012

Another big harvest today!!

2 Big Boy Tomatoes
2 Marion Tomatoes
4 Juliet Tomatoes
2 Cherry Tomatoes
1 cucumber
22 Hot Peppers

Harvest getting Larger! 7/30/12

July 30th was one of the first larger harvests of the season so far! Mostly because the tomatoes are finally starting to ripen and my pepper plants, which I thought were cayenne, but are some other kind of hot pepper are turning a beautiful orange! So I harvested:
1 three inch pickle cucumber
3 cherry tomatoes (partially ripen)
1 big boy tomato (partially ripen)
1 Juliet tomato (partially ripen)
7 hot peppers (3) fully ripe (orange color) and (4) partially ripe (almost orange)

Small Harvest and Garden Update 7/24/12

Today's harvest was small just a cherry tomato and a Big Boy Tomato. Since I didn't get a big harvest I thought I would take some pictures of the garden. I took a picture of the garden, of the Japanese eggplant growing, my watermelon plant and the cucumber plants I started in pots in early July!

I also threw in a picture of a side dish I made using basil and cherry tomatoes from my yard! I added some mozzarella with a little oil for a great taste!

Harvest before the rain! 7/23/12

I woke up to thunder rumbling in the distance, with the impending thunderstorms I went to the garden to see if anything was ready to pick. I ended up picking a cherry tomato, a small (and odd shape) pickle bush cucumber, and a Marion tomato. The Marion tomato is the first large tomato of the year!!!