You have fine presentation looks like silver platters! Here's mine, no so fine to fit my growing style, but at least as delicious. I call 'em driveway maters. It rained two days and got me in trouble - my single Sungold plant backed up the tomato drainpipe :-). A hair under a pound from that plant alone :-)

Cheers

PC

Your driveway tomatoes look good. I have been sampling too.

Very nice I am thoroughly impressed. I have 10 tomato plants and I am supplying nine families with tomatoes right now so I can't keep enough on hand to supply a pictures but I love seeing yours . I also love seeing the Corelle plates with the green flowers on them. Ttomorrow is my 44th wedding anniversary and we got that pattern as A wedding gift

I share with neighbors and friends, and freeze a little.

Yes, very nice presentation indeed. I've grown about half of those. Only growing 4 plants this year, and already having a hard time keeping up. Need to freeze a batch soon. Need to pick about 10 lbs worth from the Creole, Indian Stripe, and Big Beef.

The Cherokee Purple and Ananas Noire were super ripe. This is my first Ananas Noire. I have not tasted it yet. I will report back.

Looks yummy Janice! Eager to hear what you think of AN. I'm growing it this year but mine is still a pup.

Wow, Janice. That is some counter.

This is the best I can do.

I pick them early to beat the birds and Stink Bugs.

I pick quite a bit of Sungold too.

Lookin good Sey. The AN was not as sweet as I anticipated. I will try a later one. Sometimes the first ripe fruits are off.

The stink bug battle is huge this year. I lost the "gates" that trap the stink bugs in my bugzooka. Got a replacement on order.

I have reverted to tried and true method number two: wear killing gloves. I catch them then euthanize them. It is very hard to catch the winged type. You usually only get once chance. I have killed many this year. I have my teenage son helping me. He makes some spare cash that way.

Once the full reality of a Carolina summer hits, the garden is not a nice place to be. I have enjoyed my garden from last October through winter and now spring. As soon as the tomatoes are in the house, I am done. There will be some stragglers, as some are still setting fruit.

I am going to make up some pots for my front porch. My porch gets partial sun. Most peppers do good there. The shade seems to allow pollination. I have a variety of peppers and a couple BBS Cherokee Carbons to try in pots as a season extender.

Hoosier:

The AN tasted good, but not quite as good as the CP. I know they are two totally different types of tomatoes. I am hoping the next one is a little sweeter.

Janice, thanks for telling me about the sunflower stinkbug "traps." I will try planting some next year. The stinkbugs are horrendous here this year. They seem to come in waves. I was too slow for about half of the flying/dropping bugs, so started spraying them with Dawn detergent. They aren't able to fly after the Dawn hits them. If they drop on the ground, then I spray the area if I can't locate the bugs. I also spray the soil around the plant because I read somewhere that there are as many bugs on the ground as on plants! This is working a lot better than trying to knock them into soapy water which was my old method. I don't know if the escapees which are sprayed eventually die, but they sure don't look happy.

Lookin' good, Janice! Still waiting to read your verdict on Dr. Wyche's when you finally get to sample it. :) I JUST got my garden in on May 25th, which is completely normal for our area, so I am now officially "on-board". Haha. I have 24 plants in the garden this year, one of which is DWY. I hope to be able to sneak a few more in as I add other things to the garden over the coming week. We've had very cool and cloudy weather, which is actually great for transplanting, but it would be nice to get a nice dry and hot period to get everything motivated to start moving it along. :) I'll start a thread in a few weeks once everything recovers from shock and begins the journey in earnest.

Thx nbm. Congrats on getting your own garden started.

Stink bugs are really bad, and other bugs too. I am going to try a shop vac shortly.

Added a Kosovo Heart and a Paul Robeson. The PR is a beauty as it turns.

The photo below is from tonight's haul. It is a war zone out there. The tomatoes look rough.

I used a wet/dry shop vac tonight on the stink bugs and flying stink bugs. The intake force and the nozzle size was perfect. I did a lot of damage to their population. Before when a group of 5 or 6 were hanging out, I could only get two. The others would scatter. The wet/dry vac is like magic. It will draw them in without having to be right on them. I lost 3 litltle cherries in the battles. I think I can avoid that in the future, or simply accept it as the cost of collecting 30 or so. Since it is a wet dry vac, i gave them a big gulp of dawn dish washing liquid too.

Big Cherokee Purple on the right (only 14.3 ounces) and three Dr Wyches on the left.

Here's today's pickings, most of my plants are still producing, but they just look ugly and leafless.

I got to try my first Cherokee Green and I really enjoyed it

Very nice collection Kevin. I had a Rutgers and Indigo Apple for dinner. The Rutgers is tasty. I can take or leave the IA. Husband seemed OK with the IA.

Picked a bunch tonight. Shop vacuumed stink bugs first. Works pretty good. Must have got 40. Only a couple wise flying leaf bugs got away.

Here is the haul for tonight (front plate to right, and the basket only.)

Cherokee Purple, Big Beef, Cherokee Green, with Kosovo and Indigo Apple on the plate. Two of the CP's are fused. In th basket are some Black Krim, more Big Beef, some Dr. Wyches, and an Azoychka. Leaf diseases are starting to kick in. Most are starting from the bottom. One Big Beef has disease on top.

My husband asked why I pick them green. He is color blind and can't see the blush. It was really hard to tell on the Cherokee Green.

Beautiful harvests photos!

What a difference a week can make in my garden...

Silvia

Gorgeous tomatoes. Mine are showing more colors.

Group photo:

We have a bumper crop in central Texas this year. Stink bugs haven't been bad yet, but we're having the usual fight with raccoons and armadillos....

Beautiful tomatoes Pedro. I saw an armadillo three days ago, about 3 miles away. They have definitely migrated to this area.

Stink bugs are worse than I have ever seen. I recall last year they were not an issue until first week of June. I have had problems for 2 weeks or more. I will be taking the shop vac out again tomorrow. Too many tomatoes still out there. I chased them with the bugzooka tonight and got a lot. Shop vac works so much better. I need a better strategy for next year. Kayolin clay will not be optional.

Janice, what are you doing with all your tomatoes?

I sent a box to Kentucky. A sister was in town for my son's graduation.

My growing stash:

I expect to bring in another 20 pounds or so. I will share some more and freeze a few for sauce.

The wet/dry shop vac has been amazing in the battle against the stink bugs. Leaf diseases are worsening, but not impairing harvests. Two plants died quickly from wilt. This may have implications for next year.

One of the mules, Pink Accordian , finally set. There are some others still setting as well. I doubt any of the plants will still be alive by 10 July.