For several weeks, Sadie nurtured her babies. She started them from seed, but now they are getting big, and she is pushing them out into the world. She had help from Victor, the proud papa who helped pot them up, preparing them for their new homes. Sadie is the farm manager at Bee Heaven Farm, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘heirloom tomatoes’
Adopt Sadie’s babies
Posted in events, farmer/grower, market, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Edible Garden Festival, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, heirloom tomatoes on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Small, medium and large
Posted in food, fruits, photo, vegetables, tagged heirloom tomatoes on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re heading out to the Edible Garden Festival with a hankering for heirloom tomato plants, here are some pictures to give you an idea of what their fruit will look like when they grow up. These collages are only a taste of the types of plants you will find at the Bee Heaven Farm [...]
Last of the heirloom tomatoes
Posted in fruits, market, photo, vegetables, tagged farmers market, heirloom tomatoes on April 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This coming Sunday is the last day that Bee Heaven Farm/Redland Organics is going to be at the Pinecrest Gardens Green Market. Come get the last of the heirloom tomatoes! In honor of the bumper crop we had this season, I put together a non-encyclopedic image of some of the 60+ varieties that Farmer Margie [...]
Tomato torrent slowing to a trickle
Posted in fruits, photo, vegetables, tagged heirloom tomatoes on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This season it looked uncertain if there would be a good crop of heirloom tomatoes because of the freeze in December. Some plants were killed by cold (and replanted) but about half survived. Happily, there’s been a bumper crop and the barn was loaded for the past few weeks. Tomatoes are picked as they start [...]

