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 [...]
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Tomato torrent slowing to a trickle
Posted in fruits, photo, vegetables, tagged heirloom tomatoes on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tomato madness
Posted in fruits, market, photo, vegetables, tagged heirloom tomatoes on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The heirloom tomato season is in full swing! It was off to a late start compared to last year because of cold weather we had back in December. You may remember that some varieties died from freezing cold temperatures. Those that survived were dormant for a while, just hanging out, getting their energy back. Now [...]
Plant your tomatoes
Posted in market, photo, tagged heirloom tomatoes on January 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If you have an empty spot in your garden, fill it with heirloom tomato plants! Farmer Margie has over 30 varieties of larger plants in one-gallon pots. Some of them are Green Grape, Matt’s Wild Cherry (like the Everglades tomato), Cherokee Purple, Costoluto Genovese, Speckled Roman, Lollipop, Sugary, Sun Gold, Italian Red, Homestead 24, Black [...]
Edible Garden Festival 2010
Posted in chef, events, farmer/grower, vegetables, tagged Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, heirloom tomatoes, Redland Organics, Worden Farm on October 22, 2010 |
You can buy heirloom tomato starts raised at Bee Heaven Farm this weekend at the Edible Garden Festival held at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Here’s a list of what kinds of starts will be available this weekend. Heirloom tomato starts: Mexico, Speckled Roman, Zapotec Pleated, Homestead 24, Taxi, Tigerella, Black Prince, Amish Gold (an awesome [...]
How to grow organic heirloom tomatoes
Posted in events, fruits, market, photo, vegetables, tagged heirloom tomatoes on November 12, 2009 |
notes from presentation by Margie Pikarsky given at Edible Gardens Festival Heirlooms are varieties handed down from generation to generation of saving seeds. Heirlooms are open pollinated and stabilized cross. Hybrids are cross bred, so planting seeds may result in plants that look like parents and everything in between. With heirlooms, you get the [...]
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