New Tomato Season 2020

 Wow covid has really tested us through and through, I haven't been posting for a while now. I have been busy with trying to get into the gardening season and just managed to scrape it the hubby kicking and screaming to help me prepare the 16 raised garden beds we now have. I've done all the ground work - gathering soil, manure, compost and all sorts of goodies, he only had to mix them all up and fill the beds for me.

I'm using foam boxes I've been collecting from the local chemist and the vegetable shop, they are awesome and have holes in the bottom and sides already.  I had some tomatoes last year grow from chicken compost I had collected in the boxes so I thought I'd try and use them again.

I have planted heirloom tomatoes, some of which will grow 450g tomatoes, I can't wait.

Here are the baby seedlings in my nursery. 

These two Black Russians were given to me by a friend from our local garden club

I found this stray tomato growing in my garden bed so I staked it up

Such healthy tomatoes on the vine already, I gave it a good watering as it was neglected purely because I didnt know it was there lol

These are the tomatoes I am planting, yes I am mad planting so many:

Aunty Ruby's German Green - 250g fruit

Brandywine - 350g fruit

Barry's Crazy Cherry - yellow oblong fruit

Big Beryl - gold and red

Black Russian 

Purple Russian - purple and black

Beams Yellow Pear 

Big Rainbow - 350g fruit

Jaume Flammee

Nebraska Wedding

Periforme Abruzzese - pear shaped, juicy and luscious

Red and Black - black with juice red flesh

Schmmeig Creig - pink skin streaked with yellow

Sunrise Bumble Bee Organic 

Tommy Toe - best tasting ever 

Wapsipinicon Peach - yellow spicy sweet flavour 

Stay tuned for more tomato progress.