Tomatoes 2010

Over twenty pounds of tomatoes have been harvested!

My favorite variety is the Black Prince.

A New Lady in Town

A welcome addition to the garden!

The Tennessee Truck Patch

"The photos that follow are what he calls his truck patch."
Toni says.

Tennessee Truck Patch. Most of the tomatoes are heirloom plants.

Large Tomato in the corner is a "Better Bush" from Costco. $13.99

Marigolds planted beside "Patio" tomato.
First tomato of the year - April 12.

by Toni...
...the Tennessee Gardener

Toni Tours the Kitchen Garden

The washtub contains potatoes.

Nannette's Kitchen Garden (herbs, lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, peppers.)

Iceberg Lettuce

These images were taken April 18. Three days after the official planting day for this part of the country. (According to Southern Living.)

by Toni...

...for the Tennessee Gardener

Planting Day

Before Planting

Toni Inspects Her Dog Digging Heaven

Herbs, Potatoes, Bush Tomatoes

Planted Garden

April 15th is officially the planting day for my area of the country. I planted on April 3rd. We had a beautiful weekend and I was anxious to get the plants in the ground.

We filled the garden with 2 yards of garden mix and 1 yard of leaf mold. Toni thought it was the greatest playground in the world. We had to fence her out.

This area contains tomatoes, peppers, okra and beans.

I tilled and planted, waiting for God to give the increase.....

.....the Tennessee Gardner

Early Planning and Construction

Jan 1, 2010 2 degrees outside

Jan 2, 2010 The Growing Chamber

Jan 18,2010 Backdoor Tomato Cage

Jan 30, 2010 7 inches of snow

March 28, 2010 Garden Framing

Coming Together

Toni - Garden Assistant

The garden has progressed and the time is almost here to get the plants in the ground. (April 15 per Southern Living Magazine.) We had several plant fatalities on the night of March 28 due to a rogue wind flipping several containers of tomato plants. (Good news for Ace Hardware.)

We now have 3 whiskey barrels for herbs and bush tomatoes.

With great anticipation of planting day.....

The Tennessee Gardner

The Bhut Jolokia

3 Inch Bhut Jolokia from Greenearth Inc.

It arrived alive and green on 12-26-2009

Bhut Jolokia pepper purchased for the seeds.

This type of pepper is reported as the hottest in the world. Some references report that it is three times hotter than a habanero. This pepper is so hot that my fingers burned after planting the seeds in starter pots. My plan is to grow six plants in my backyard garden.

As you may have guessed - I am a pepperhead!...

The Tennessee Gardner