Starting to Save Seeds for Next Year

Here is a pic of my most bountiful harvest.  Finally was able to get a couple 

Amish Paste (top right oval shape), only have had 2 ripen from this plant.

As to the title of the post, Its Seed Saving time.  I am saving as many as I can, but will probably only plant 4 types next year (so I say :) ).  

Starting from left to right:

Black Krim: This has been one of my most producing plants with large fruit too.  Very pleased and I enjoy the flavor too.  Very natural tasting and not scary although people question dark tomatoes.

MYSTERY: Yes this one is a mystery.  I had planted Mortgage Lifter and Ace 55 in my garden.  I pulled one ACE 55 for issues with growth (see earlier posts about shriveled mini plant), and the other that I thought was ACE 55 has turned out to be Green Zebra. (Labeling is very important, I should heed my own advice).

Hartmans Yellow Gooseberry:  So far this guy has to be #1 on my list.  Its produced so many tomatoes and is very healthy.  I have 3 of these guys growing currently.  I will definitely do this one again.  Yum Yum!

(Pink) Oxheart:  I think this is a hold over from last years plants I got from Perry.  It is an oxheart shape but more red than pink.  The only other possibility is Anna Russian.

Garden is doing well. Some mistakes but doing well!!!

Pic of the Growth of the Garden  

Harvest from 7/16/11

Alien Tomato

Alien Tomato 2

I cut open the alien fruit.  Not much to it.  Very odd, almost like 2 tomatoes in 1.

Look what I picked Daddy!

Chaney is very excited to pick tomatoes with me.  She always wants to go and bring them in.  These two little ones she had suffered a terrible fate of kid hand squashing, but none the  less I was able to taste one.

Here are some misc pics of recent harvests

The two up top are Black Krim (don't mind the banana)

Although small, below are from front left to right:

Oxheart (not big), Hartmans Yellow Gooseberry, 

Anna Russian or Borgo Cellano (I don't know which was which)

Mandy's Sunflower from seed

Black Krim sliced ready to eat! Yummy

On a side note.  I have started my seed saving project for next year with Black Krim.  I will most likely try to get seeds from everything I have planted, however next years planting will be different and limited to a few types as opposed to almost 8 varieties.

Who......Are......You?

A picture is worth 1,000 words

Mandy found this guy today in the AM.  I think I saw smoke rings and could hear him say the famous line from Alice in Wonderland "Who Are You".

This is the first Tomato Horn Worm we have found this season.  Needless to say he is no longer with us.

Last night Stephen found some cucs hiding in our garden.  We did not know cucumbers have been in for 2 weeks.  We harvested a total of 5.  2 really swollen starting to seed.  Regardless they were tasty with some rice vinegar.

Tim's Tomatoes (yes only 2)

My first harvest included 2 Anna Russian, 1 yellow squash, 2 okra. (7/5/11)

Here is a pic of the first two maters. the one on the left has some issues due to water or lack there of. It also had a hole but was sealed.  I cut it up to taste. mmmm medium acidity.  Good taste. Right one is going tonight...

I got back from a work trip to Kansas City 7/8/11.  This plant gets my award so far.  Its determinate, Hartmans Yellow Gooseberry and it has set all flowers.  Planted in GA red clay with no remediation.