The Tomatoes Are Coming

This week I picked my first two baskets of cherry tomatoes! Enough plants had just one or two ripe fruits, allowing me to fill my baskets.

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The plants still have some more growing to do and the rest of the fruit is dead green but, the harvest is starting. What seems like a slow roll into the juicy tomato season, will be moving at the speed of light soon enough (think pinball machine). Even though I know the non-stop work that a tomato harvest produces, I can’t wait.

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Esterina cherry tomato

I can’t wait to fill basket after basket with cherry tomatoes. I can’t wait to make intricate tomato displays at the market. I can’t wait to have big fat heirloom tomato sandwiches whenever I want. I can’t wait to taste the new tomato varieties I grew this year. I can’t wait to freeze sauce made with all the soft and split tomatoes. I just can’t wait for the abundance that tomato season brings!