That's a lot of tomatoes!

Wow! What a run! I've never seen so many tomatoes as we had the first few weeks of August. This is the first summer that we've had almost every basket of the 15 varieties filled. Thanks to the many folks who stopped by to try these great-tasting tomatoes. But wait! It's not over yet. Things are slowing down, but there's lot's more fruit on the vines so we'll be open periodically. Check the home page - grampastomatoes.com

07/11/10 Update

The plants are tall and lush and the fruit is beginning to ripen - I've already harvested a few cherry tomatoes. I've never seen them ripen so early in the year before.....all that rain and warm weather....we've had. How are your plants doing?

01/23/2010 Update

The supermarkets really got into selling heirloom varieties last year. When I heard about it I thought "that's good - more people will become familiar with these great-tasting tomatoes!" Unfortunately, when I checked them out, many were soft, overly ripe and, EXPENSIVE - some over $4.00 a pound! Too bad. Well, I guess that's why they developed hybrids - they travel better, have a thicker skin and have better shelf life in general. Too bad most in the store taste like plastic.

If you haven't tried road-side, locally grown heirloom tomatoes, you're missing out! There really is a difference!

2010 Varieties

I had fun picking out this year's varieties. I've chosen some new one's I think you'll enjoy trying like Cherokee Purple, Earl of Edgecombe and Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter among others. And, I've brought back a few old standby's that I didn't have last year: Black Krim, Stupice, and Sungold Cherry. And of course, those in-demand varieties that never go off the list are back, like Big Beef and Brandywine.
This year too, I've added another “early” variety, Zarnitza which should give Stupice a run for its money. And by request, I've added a “paste” tomato (plants only), Russian Big Roma. See all the varieties at grampastomatoes.com

Post a comment to let me know your thoughts about these or:

• other varieties
• your experience growing heirloom tomatoes
• your experience eating heirloom tomatoes
• anything else