This year we planted six tomato plants and the results have exceeded our expectations. We’ve been eating fresh tomatoes just about every day for the last month, we’ve given fresh tomatoes to the neighbors, and I’ve dried some tomatoes. I’m thinking of putting up more.
Those dark red tomatoes on the left of the picture are Cherokee Purples. They don’t ship or store well so you don’t see many of them in the stores. They’re much softer when ripe than most commercial varieties and they have a lovely tomato flavor.
All told I think we’ll end up with between two and three bushels of tomatoes. Fresh tomato marinara is really incredible.
Update
My wife just brought in the better part of another peck of tomatoes.
