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Monday, July 19, 2010

Harvest Monday

Well, we are home. I didn't think we would be home until later today or tomorrow morning. The garden has grown so much in the past 8 days. I did mange to pick some tomatoes and an eggplant this morning. There are a lot of other veggies to harvest. However, I will do that later today. It was quite a week for tomatoes. 28.75 lbs harvested!!!

A sampling of this weeks harvest


Harvest Total: 30.25 lbs.

Herbs: 4 oz.
Cucumber: 5 oz.
Eggplannt: 8 poz.
Onions: 6 oz.
Tomatoes: 28.75 lbs.


Stop by Daphne's Dandelions, the host of Harvest Monday, to see more harvests!
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24 comments:

  1. Annie*s GrannyJuly 19, 2010 at 11:58 AM

    Just look at all of those tomatoes! I stand out in my garden each evening, telling mine "turn red, turn red", but they aren't listening!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 19, 2010 at 1:50 PM

    That is a lot of tomatoes! I can’t wait until my harvests start to look like that. But that will be in a few weeks.
    Welcome back from your holiday, hope you had a nice time.

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  3. Jeff VandiverJuly 19, 2010 at 2:58 PM

    Dadgum! That's a bunch of tomatoes! Mine don't come in all together like that - but wished they would...

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  4. michelleJuly 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    Oh boy, almost 29 pounds of tomatoes!

    Hope you had a great vacation.

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  5. johannaJuly 19, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    You make me wonder how many lbs of tomatoes I have collected. Every day I get a 8" bowl of cherry tomatoes and a bowl of the other tomatoes. They look beautiful.
    Canning in the near future?

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  6. AccidentalultrarunnerJuly 19, 2010 at 6:53 PM

    Wow! 28.75 pounds! Your counters must be flooded, in a good way of course. Can't wait to hear what you do with all of the tomatoes :)

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  7. macJuly 19, 2010 at 7:46 PM

    Great harvest, lots of tomatoes when the temp heat up.
    Hope you had a wonderful vacation.

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  8. kitsapFGJuly 20, 2010 at 12:08 AM

    Oh my those look good! What a nice harvest to have waiting for your return.

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  9. CherylJuly 20, 2010 at 12:21 AM

    That's a nice variety of tomatoes too.

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  10. AngelaJuly 20, 2010 at 1:37 AM

    This is a lot of tomatoes, good for you! And I love that lone eggplant on top of the tomato pile:-)

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  11. RobinJuly 20, 2010 at 1:53 AM

    Granny, I'm sure your tomatoes will hear you soon!

    MojVrt, It's nice to be back home. Your tomato harvests will be large before you know it.

    EG, Once my tomatoes start...it seems like I have a large bowl almost every day!

    Thanks Michelle

    johanna, There was about 12 pounds of tomatoes in the picture and yes, I started canning today.

    Nartaya, The center island in the kitchen is quite full. I can a lot of tomatoes whole, make catsup & salsa to can as well. Sometimes, "The Italian" will make sauce and I will can that as well.

    Mac, There will be an endless harvest of tomatoes for a while.

    Laura, Those heirlooms are just yummy!!

    Cheryl, I planted 14 different varieties of tomatoes this year

    Angela, That was the first eggplant of the season.

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  12. Ottawa GardenerJuly 20, 2010 at 9:33 AM

    That picture looks so good there is no need for words. Yummy, yum, yum. I especially love the eggplant but then I may like eggplants just a bit more than tomatoes if only in that my husband cooks my favourite meal with them.

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  13. mamarabyJuly 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM

    I love the way the eggplant looks amongst all those red tomatoes! :0) I'm not sure which I like better from the garden - eggplants (I really like the long skinny ones) or tomatoes.

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  14. RobinJuly 20, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    Thanks OG, They are some yummy tomatoes. We haven't tasted the eggplant yet. This is the first year that I planted that variety.

    mamraby, I like the skinny eggplants the best also. I planted a few of that variety too. However, they have not set fruit yet.

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  15. thyme2gardenJuly 20, 2010 at 8:41 PM

    Holy tomatoes! That's a fantastic tomato harvest in one week. Do you happen to know how long after they first turn from green to pink/red that they are ready to be harvested?

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  16. DanJuly 20, 2010 at 11:04 PM

    All those tomatoes, amazing!

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  17. meemsnycJuly 21, 2010 at 1:41 AM

    28 pounds of tomatos! Wowzer!

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  18. RobinJuly 21, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    Minji, You can pick your tomatoes when they are completely ripe or sooner. I picked a few before we went away that were only half ripe. They will ripen completely inside in a day or two.

    Dan & meemsnyc, Thanks...they are coming in like crazy!!

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  19. Debbie in MSJuly 22, 2010 at 12:09 AM

    Nice harvest of tomatoes. How many plants do you have?

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  20. RobinJuly 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM

    Thanks Deb, I have a total of 19 plants. I am presently harvested fruit from 10 of the plants. I should be harvesting from 16 of them by weeks end. It may be a while for the other 3 plants, since they were germinated much later.

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  21. Debbie in MSJuly 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM

    What varieties do you have planted that give you such a large harvest?

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  22. RobinJuly 22, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    Deb, I have all of the varieties listed in a post on April 30. All of my tomatoes are heirlooms. The tomato beds have a lot of good organic matter and sun most of the day. I believe that the later is why I have bountiful harvests.

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  23. Debbie in MSJuly 22, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    Thanks, Robin, I will check out that post.

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  24. ThomasJuly 22, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    Look at all of those tomatoes! I'm ready for the glut!

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