My new favorite tomato...The Black Krim ! (Photos) [View All]

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The Early Girls have been in for a couple of weeks, and we have had a few Rutgers and Arkansas Travelers, but yesterday we pulled our first Black Krim. It didn't look ripe, still dark green around the shoulders, but it felt ready (soft to the touch) so we picked it.


It was only natural to have a Taste Off.

This is an unusual tomato, beautiful in its novelty.
My taste buds are NOT conditioned to respond well to these colors,
but this tomato is DELICIOUS...very, very mellow.
It is large (hamburger size), meaty, and juicy.
It is also an heirloom, so we will be saving the seeds.




A good harvest of Red and Yellow Onions


The onions joined the garlic hanging in the shed to dry




The garden is doing well.




We will be adding another level to the tomato supports this week.





One of the things I LOVE about raised boxes is the ease of adding supports.

A good cordless screw driver and some long deck screws make this task a snap.



Hyacinth Moonbeam says HI ! :hi:




Nasturtiums, Pumpkin, Cantaloupes, and 2 unknown tomato plants

This is the box for volunteers that grew from the dirt pile we dumped our kitchen scraps on last year.
This box originally held the garlic that we harvested in the Spring. We decided to transfer some volunteers to this box just for fun.

We also used dirt from the kitchen scrap pile to top off our ornamental gardens, so there are volunteer cantaloupes, watermelons, and tomatoes growing all over everywhere. :)


This time of the year is magical.