Far be it from me to argue with Galatians, but this is not necessarily true if you are trying to learn this whole farming thing from books. For instance, I soweth a lot of corn and I’m not sure even half the seeds sprouted into corn stalks. Nevermind, looks like we’ll have enough to keep us in barbecued corn for the month of August at least. Now what I sowed in tomatoes, I seemed to be about to reap in spades. I vaguely remember reading that there are two kinds of tomatoes: determinate and indeterminate. Determinate have a limited size of growth, usually about bush size. Indeterminate tomatoes can grow as tall as a barn if you give them enough food and compost tea. We did. And our tomatoes are taking over everything. In fact, we have a veritable tomato jungle. But it doesn’t seem to have deterred anything. The above tomatoes came from deep in the tangle of vegetation, way out of the sunshine, and they are still ripe and wonderful.

We are preparing for a massive tomato harvest.

In preparation, I've purchased the Mother of All Pressure Canners. As you can see, it's big enough to pressure can your average terrier.

The corn is looking close to harvest. We won't mention the cucumbers that were planted below them. Not a single plant sprouted.

I'm excited about these melony things. Except I can't remember what I planted. I think they are called Toybox Watermelons.
Then there is our Harvest of Shame. The problem with learning this all from books is that sometimes you read chapters too late in the season. Like that chapter on mulching nitrogen back into the soil BEFORE the growing season for your fruit orchard. Ooops. Read that too late, so our fruit trees had a pitiful harvest. So here’s our full fruit crop so far:

I think this is a nectarine. It's one of the few stone fruits left by the foxes and the birds. Not that there were that many to begin with.
Well, as I learned to say as a third generation Red Sox fan: “Wait until next season.”
My upside-down tomato plant has yielded a bountiful harvest of 6, count ’em, 6! cherry tomatoes. At least the varmints couldn’t get to them before I did.
If you get tired of canning your crop, pick up a food dehydrator. You’ll end up with air-dried tomatoes (or tomato jerky as I call it) that taste just like sun-dried tomatoes. I would freeze mine in small ziploc bags and use them all winter.
My right-side up tomato plants seem to be the only plants that are set to yield a bumper crop. Unless there are some actual melons under all those leaves and vines.
Is it possible to complain to the publishers of said books that their advice is, like, out of order?
Our tomato plants are about 6 foot tall at this point & covered with fruit…of course it’ll all be ripe the week I’m in India
My parents had a bumper crop of tomatoes this year too. After years of canning my mom has forsaken it for freezing. You might want to try that.
Your garden pix are beautiful!!
Indian say; too much rain in east coast blue state this year, tomatoes not come for another moon.
Whooweee! That’s one awesome and intimidating pressure cooker. I just use a gigantic canning pot purchased at the local hardware store many years ago. Right now I’m waiting for the water to boil so I can can (not a French dance here!) more tomatoes.
Congratulations on your garden and thanks for voting.
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