We had a great tomato crop this year. One plant...a Yellow Pear. It grew so tall that the wind knocked it over but she kept on producing the rest of the Summer and I didn't need a ladder to gather tomatoes. It looked kinda funny but the tomatoes tasted great. We ate some, gave away some and I froze a bunch that I will juice soon.
Yesterday we cut apart the plant and hauled it into the woods...the deer will find it...or mice. We dug all the soil out of our sheep watering tank and will put new soil in it next year. Next year the watering tank will sit on cement blocks instead of a wood stand that made it so tall. We both got tired but one day soon we will have the cement blocks in place and put the tank on its new stand. Far Guy says we are both getting old.
So our Fall clean up work has begun. It did not reach 50 F yesterday...our high was 49 F or 10 C.
This is our one plant before it tipped over in the wind.
The tomatoes are small and pear shaped.
Far Side
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Those are nice tomatoes! I gathered a LOT of tomatoes with my $2 plants that I didn't think would do much. I didn't even tend to them very hard. But I have enough tomatoes to freeze, dehydrate, and blend up to use in sauces!
Quiet weekend for here. My week was too busy!
Wintertime prep is taking place at your house. We're getting old too. You both must be feeling better?
Blessings,
Betsy
Oh, wow!
Why are they shaped like that?
You obviously found the right place for the tomato plant. Goodness it was huge!
I’ve read tomatoes are not good if you have arthritis but I may have dreamed that. I have a pea sized brain.
Terry and I have felt old all summer. I hope he remembers this come Spring next year.
That watering tank has worked so well for you.
The deer will love the extra goodies in the woods.
Winter appears to be coming fast.
Since our Amish Greenhouse family packed up and moved out west last winter, this was a tomato plant learning experience for us. The crazy weather this season did not help.
I bought two plants at a new nursery. I wasn't sure if it was the plants or the weather, but we were disappointed at the beginning of the season. Then, mid July they took off and we were overrun with what turned out to be nice tomatoes.
When I was concerned there would be no tomatoes, we bought another plant - "Hillbilly" tomatoes. They were orange and yellow. The plant took off like crazy and the tomatoes are huge, but they get bugs, split and really have no flavor. We will not be trying those again.
Hubby wants to move the plants next year and I am not sure about that either. Right now I can see them when I pull in the driveway and remember to pick them on the way in and out of the house, lol.
I had seven of them from a volunteer plant that grew in the weeds. I like them too but the larger ones seem to get the most use. My plants are all down a week ago.
I like that you are feeding the deer with your tomato vine. Our will go into the compost bin to feed the soil eventually.
We harvested another crop of plum tomatoes yesterday and i roasted them, removed the skins, Added fresh oregano and basil from the garden and made sauce.
Our vines are still producing, but the cold wet weather that's coming will probably do them in.
I have the same plant that I grew in a large pot last year. It volunteered in the ground this year and has taken over the yard! We haven't started any fall cleanup.
Not a tomato I am familiar with but it looks cool and if it tastes good then all is good, Tim is even starting to try new fruits including tomatoes
That plant was happy! My tomato crop was dismal. Oh well, it will be better next year!
My tomatoes this year were tough skinned and lacking in flavor.
Such nice tomatoes, and they will be around for most of the winter, I suspect. And yes, we are definitely all getting older, and I think better.
That plant really grew. And I bet those tomatoes are delish! Hope so.
I had a tomato plant fall over too. We staked it up twice only to have it fall again, so I gave up and just left it on the ground. and like your fallen plant, she just kept growing tomatoes for us! In fact she produced more fruit than the other two that remained standing tall!
Great plant!
I picked the last of the ripe tomatoes off today. There are a few left on the vines and I'll bring them in before we get a hard freeze. Your plant was outstanding!
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