I am gorging myself on black tomatoes with a few hearts thrown in. Amazing since not one of the blacks is a spitter. At first they seemed to be pretty much the same flavor, but as the summer goes along there is a subtle difference in each one. I have given away a bunch and not a single complaint; just "are there more?"

PaulF said:I am gorging myself on black tomatoes with a few hearts thrown in. Amazing since not one of the blacks is a spitter. At first they seemed to be pretty much the same flavor, but as the summer goes along there is a subtle difference in each one. I have given away a bunch and not a single complaint; just "are there more?"

LOL @ "are there more"

PaulF said:I am gorging myself on black tomatoes with a few hearts thrown in. Amazing since not one of the blacks is a spitter. At first they seemed to be pretty much the same flavor, but as the summer goes along there is a subtle difference in each one. I have given away a bunch and not a single complaint; just "are there more?"

I have a neighbor who is simply nuts for the dark kinds. Always extra happy to get those. Another neighbor doesn't want them and refuses to even try them!!

As for me I love the taste of the so called chocolate tomatoes.

I generally supply the whole town with my extra tomatoes...this year the folks are being force fed dark skinned tomatoes. They disappear every day so fans are being cultivated...pun intended.

PaulF said:I generally supply the whole town with my extra tomatoes...this year the folks are being force fed dark skinned tomatoes. They disappear every day so fans are being cultivated...pun intended.

Most people love them once they try them.

I think my darkest tomato I am growing this year is Kakao. I grew it last year also and simply love it.

FrugalGramma said:This is my first year for okra, too. How do you fry it? Just olive oil, or do you coat it? The fellow gardener at the community garden gave me 3 little plants a bit late in the season, and he eats them raw. They are planted by the sweet potatoes and thumbing their noses at the rest of the unproductive garden and growing like they mean business. Looks like I might get some to try after all.

Last night i made an okra recipe. Chop up 8 slices of bacon, cook until done, one whole onion diced, saute with bacon, 3 cups of sliced okra, cook on low until tender. 2 cups of diced tomatoes. Pepper. Serve over rice

Tracy...I've had three Clementines and a handful of beef jerky so far today...your description of the okra recipe is KILLIN'ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for all of the advice on how to cook it when I get some!

I love the dark purple/chocolate tomatoes. You all can send any extra over my way

Intheswamp said:Tracy...I've had three Clementines and a handful of beef jerky so far today...your description of the okra recipe is KILLIN'ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

getting enough okra that was tender was hard work. It has been so dry here that it seems to make even smaller pods tough. But it is a great recipe.

A batch of peppers looks good enough to eat. And I did cook them up, added sausage, and ate them.

Well, I had a quarter-pounder with cheese (no dehydrated onions, please) for lunch...a rarity for me as it's normally too hot to eat during the day. It was a "fill your gut with a little something" spur of the moment kind of thing. I had brought a green bell pepper from the garden with me this morning so naturally....slice it up and on the burger it went....it gave some much needed taste to the MickeyD sandwich!!!!!!!!

Ed, I have never thought to BYO topping to a fast burger surely a big improvement

Cooking my last zucchini of the year for dinner

Well, it's not today, but Saturday after pulling grass for HOURS I checked the brown deer fig tree and found three ripe figs!!!! I shared them evenly with my wife....one for her and two for me!!!

Sorry, no photos, they didn't hang around very long.

Intheswamp said:Well, it's not today, but Saturday after pulling grass for HOURS I checked the brown deer fig tree and found three ripe figs!!!! I shared them evenly with my wife....one for her and two for me!!!

Sorry, no photos, they didn't hang around very long.

Nice of you to share!!

My neighbor has fig trees and usually lots of ant filled fig fruits.

I grew up with a huge fig tree, Rita. We never could get the fruit before the ants got them.

plantmanager said:I grew up with a huge fig tree, Rita. We never could get the fruit before the ants got them.

Yup, the ants seem to love them.

Funny part is she tries to give the figs away. I hate figs but ant fulled figs are especially pretty gross!!

My Son planted a Black Trifele tomato very late and it is just starting to produce. He brought me one to sample yesterday and I found it to be delicious. I will be growing it next year,,,,

Newyorkrita said:

Yup, the ants seem to love them.

Funny part is she tries to give the figs away. I hate figs but ant fulled figs are especially pretty gross!!

Ok, I'll get over you not liking figs...though I've made note of it in your dossier.

Ant-filled figs. Yeah, no thank yo please. It's the birds. Once the birds peck them every insect for at least 1/4 mile heads for them!!!! Which reminds me that I really need to throw some netting over the fig tree!!!!

Large Barred Boar tomato, smaller and farther between but still good taste.