It’s here! It’s here! Tomato starting day is finally HERE! Now the hard work of ‘who makes the cut’ is before me this morning. I have room (indoors and out) for 32 plants. Here is a list of contenders. I will give you my final cuts later in the day:
Slicers:
Harvard Square
Grandma’s Pick
Delicious
Mr. Stripey
Beefy Purple
Belle of the Ball
Chef’s Choice Bi-Color
Chef’s Choice Orange
Italian Goliath
Bush Blue Ribbon
Celebrity Plus
BushSteak Hybrid
Paste:
Sabelka & Sabre (Thanks, Mom!)
SuperSauce
Fresh Salsa
Roma VF
Cherry:
Black Cherry
Valentine
And I almost always buy a ‘Sungold’ or ‘Sunsugar’ plant (Bonnie Brand)
Plans for this season are more paste-types. I have plenty of Salsa, but the pantry needs more V-8/Bloody Mary Mix as well as Tomato Soup and Tomato Jam.
Any extras just get canned for soups and stews in the winter months. My Mom and her ‘Girl Gang’ will be out to raid the slicers a number of times this summer-into-fall. I’ve trained them to NOT pick the paste-types! ;)
That’s quite a list. My Sabre seeds are so many generations old I think we will just go with the Sabelkas this year.
We had some storms last night, but no power outage here. A little while ago we went for our daily walk. The daffodils, jonquils, and crocuses are opening up! It feels like real Spring is starting, though none of the trees in my yard have started leafing out. One neighbor has mowed his yard already!
Hubby’s eye gets a slight bit better every day. I’d say he’s around 75-80% of the way there, but what do I know? I can only guess based on his mood (he’s very consistently in an even mood), and how much he wants to do. He’s expressed an interest in having burgers tomorrow for dinner, so that means he’s ready to take on the smoker again! 😍