I have to admit I have always been jealous...
 

Of you folks from warmer, longer season climates posting pictures of tables full of ripe tomatoes. I have never had that many at one time, until this year. I'm in.

Now you're talking, congrats! What a view.

Woo hoo! What are you planning with them, keeping for fresh eating or canning/drying?

What is the name of the lovely pale yellow variety?

beautiful. congratulations.
what is the black one? and are the pinks Brandyboy's? and I am curious about the pale yellow also... they are wonderful looking.

Awesome, beautiful harvest good for you !!
KarenO

Congrats Good for you!

Thanks for the kudos. I am at this moment preparing tomato juice and salsa for canning. That will fill my remaining empty jars and some new ones I purchased.

When I posted, i was afraid people would ask what was that particular tomato, and i did not label as i went along picking. It was raining and i was picking many different varieties. Since i grew only one yellow, I can identify it as the very wonderful TCJones I have been growing for years. As you can see, it is uber productive and so sweet, without any hint of blandness some yellows have. I am not sure, but the pink variety that you refer as Brandy Boys are probably Brandyberry Pink which has been outstanding the 2 years I have grown it. The black is probably Black Krim. The yellow with greenish stripes at the top left is Pork Chop.

Thanks. I think I will have to try Pork Chops (what a name, yummy... - NOT!) in the future. Looks so delicious and fresh.

Congrats on the harvest!!!! They'll taste good when there's snow on the ground.

Awesome! Enjoy!

So happy for you, Nancy! Enjoy your bountiful harvest! :D

kath

Great looking table.....

What a magnificent haul you have there. It also is an awesome picture. You should frame it and hang it on your wall.

Abudanza! Congrats on some great looking 'maters!

This photo should be in a gardening magazine. Lucky you!

Congratulations!
 

That is an awesome haul! And a gorgeous photograph! Congratulations! Beautiful variety, and they just look scrumptious.

Yayy and hurrayy!!! That is a sumptuous feast of tomatoes. :D

[QUOTE=nancyruhl;712332]Of you folks from warmer, longer season climates posting pictures of tables full of ripe tomatoes. I have never had that many at one time, until this year. I'm in.[/QUOTE]

Not be long... Crocodils (Up There) will be living there like they were, 100 millions of years ago.

What a beautiful sight. You deserve it Nancy.

Nice to see them all in a crowd like that! Wonderful.

Congrats on the harvest! I live in your area an have had terrible production the past 2 years. I only grow about 12 plants so production isnt that large anyway. just curious, how many plants do you have ?

Well, those came from the community garden site at UM Dearborn. Great soil and sun exposure. I also guesstimated the amount of Texas Tomato Food I applied, and suspect I was a bit heavy handed. There I have about 35 plants. The rest were from the cottage where I have 11 plants. The harvest was larger than usual because we did not get to the garden for 10 days.

Made 15 quarts of tomato juice and 13 pints of salsa. The rest went into a large batch of oven roasted tomato sauce.1

I feel weird saying this...I think that picture would make a heck of a knit pattern. Or quilt pattern, I don't know what you it would be called. But I think on a cold evening in the late fall or winter a blanket representing that would feel nice and warm. Yeah I am tired, half asleep, waiting for the canner to cool off, but I think it would almost SMELL like a warm summer.

Great pic and congrats on the haul.

Nice colorful table full of maters.

Very nice, doesn't it feel good to score this big ? :yes:

I'm glad to read you like TC Jones so well. I've had seed for that for a while but haven't gotten around to growing it. I'll probably give it a try next season.

A few pictures with tomatoes harvested today and labelled. Those 5 Klaras weighed in for a total of 5 pounds. The Daetwylers weighed in at 6 pounds 1 ounce.

Best testimony of the flavor of those tomatoes.

How great is that! Great harvest. Some years we are blessed. 2015 and 16 were good
ones for me. Too hot wet and humid here this season. But having a stellar pepper year. And herbs
and greens.

Beautiful! Tomato Texas Food? I think I'm using that next year. How often are you fertilizing?
I'm in suburb of Chicago, not too far from you, and lots of people are complaining about it taking a long time for tomatoes to ripen this year. I have 54 plants, and we have done pretty well so far, but I hope we have a nice hot September, or else we too will have lots of green tomatoes.