We just canned the first batch of tomatoes
for the growing season.
There are still many green ones yet to ripen
and pick before frost.
After a cool start to August, temperatures
have warmed back to seasonal highs.
This should help to finish them off in time.
Out of My Write Mind 
Those look wonderful and delicious! Nice job growing larger tomatoes that formed so nicely. I always have trouble and now stick to growing smaller varieties. We too have had cooler temperatures this month but who knows, maybe September will be warmer than usual. Happy gardening! ~Anne
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Thanks, Anne. All around our garden has done well this year. We will soon be planting radish and other fall crops.
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Wonderful! I’m so enjoying my garden tomatoes. The Burpee Early Girls have been plentiful and just luscious, but the organic Cherokee Purple heirlooms I started from seeds from the seed library are still small and green. Like you, I await the frost up here at over 1800 feet above sea level, and hope we get to enjoy some of those before it’s too late. On Sunday we went to the Pittston (PA) Tomato Festival and came home with some big, juicy, wrinkled, cracked, heirloom beauties we’ve been enjoying so much since. A tomato and mayonnaise sandwich to me is heaven!
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I’m glad you have been feasting on tomatoes. My husband loves them fresh, but I like them cooked in sauces, soups, etc. Either way, we have had lots to enjoy!
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Look delicious Sandy.🖒⚘🌷
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Indeed they are!
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Looks great… really all the goodness and homegrown too! Lovely.
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Fresh produce from the garden is a special treat!
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I’m sure it is. 🙂
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Delicious, Sandy! My cherry tomatoes are just ripening.
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That they are. I hope your cherry tomatoes are tasty!
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Tomatoes looks fresh and good, you showed how good gardening is, can’t see these kind of tomatoes in super markets
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You are right. Tomatoes in supermarkets aren’t the same.
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Perfect tomatoes! 🙂 I used to grow them a lot when i was younger. Funny how, many years ago, they used to think that they were poisonous.
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I can visualize the chili and spaghetti sauce already. (Yum) It is odd to think of tomatoes as harmful!
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Luscious!
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Yes, we are getting a big harvest this year, after very few last season.
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Yummy! They sure look good!
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They are as good as they look!
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Nice. 🙂
Ours got a disease that turns the leaves yellow and then kills the stem eventually. The healthy ones are a little late and I am not sure the tomatoes will ripen before the frost arrives. Our zucchini and cucumber which were quite lush at the end of July are suddenly a droopy, insect-eaten mess. I am a little disappointed.
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I know what you mean. Gardening is often unpredictable. Between the weather, insects and plant diseases, you never know for sure what your harvest will be like. And conditions can change overnight.
I really admire farmers. They must have great intestinal fortitude to handle all the uncertainties their occupation involves!
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…that and unwavering faith. Year in and year out, they put their work and livelihood in the hands of God.
This summer has a lot of cooler days, much cooler than the usual summer days. Imagine having 49 degrees for night temperature in August in MA.
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August has been cool here in NE also. We could get through the month without a single 90 degree day. This hasn’t happened since 1915 in Lincoln.
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I wonder if there’s a La Nina.
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I don’t know. Maybe so.
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Ooo wow! That looks amazing! May I ask how you did that? 😍😋
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My husband is the green thumb in the family. He uses raised garden beds, a lot of compost to amend the soil and sturdy wire cages to support the tomato plants. He mulches the plants heavily to retain moisture and also has a drip irrigation system to put the water right where he wants it.
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Very interesting! Thanks for sharing! 😊
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You are welcome!
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They look declicious and lovely! Perfect for the prompt Sandy!
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They are tasty I must say!
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