2015 Garden Journal - Page 14

Delerium · May 29, 2017

Very Nice! Didn't realize you had such a large operation. Very cute family picture your daughter looks adorable. She has grown since the last time i saw her helping with your tomato starts.

BigVanVader · May 29, 2017

Thanks D! Yeah she is growing fast and is quite the character. She loves being in the garden and playing in the dirt. Our operation is still very small, about 1/4 acre of growing space, but we add more every year and eventually hope to have something edible growing everywhere we can.

Double cropping and vertical growing help us cram more into less space and hopefully grafting will help as well. Our lot is almost 3/4 acre and the next thing I'd like to do is surround it in fruit trees/shrubs. My vision is backyard garden of Eden

BigVanVader · May 30, 2017

More pics in the garden.

BigVanVader · May 30, 2017

And Coras bunnies. The black one is beans and the other is taters.

efisakov · May 30, 2017

O, BVV, she is so cute.

This is the best age, enjoy. Time flies incredibly fast: our kids grow up and we get mature (not to say older).

BigVanVader · May 30, 2017

Thanks! Luckily I am old enough this time around to understand what really matters. When she sees the tomato fruits or cukes she says Whoa! So funny

AlittleSalt · May 30, 2017

Beans and Taters

BigVanVader · May 30, 2017

Lol those names got a lot of resistance from my wife Salt, but when a great idea hits you, you gotta stick to yer guns.

BigVanVader · May 30, 2017

The blooms on my Wes are bigger than usual this year. I have a feeling they will all be around a pound.

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Banana peppers are really early and the Corno di Toro is too.
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Spartanburg123 · May 30, 2017

Beautiful garden there, Vader- and it looks like you have the best Garden Gnome of all!! Sweet young lady, and I'm sure she's in love with those bunnies!!

BigVanVader · May 30, 2017

Thanks! Oh she is. She jibberjabbers to them in some unknown toddler language. I'm sure she is telling them how much she loves them

Spartanburg123 · May 30, 2017

Yep, indeed!
Say, tell me about Wes. I've read some great things about it. Without the blue antho, it looks a bit like my Sgt. Pepper's plants- wispy foliage, very large blossoms, and the longest sepals I've ever seen! How is the production and flavor? Thanks!

Darin

BigVanVader · May 30, 2017

The production has always been great and people who like red tomatoes usually love it. I pref yellows and blacks but I prefer its taste to most other reds I've tried. I have tons of seeds if you wanna try it. Oh and I'd say the texture is perfect and the flavor is more sweet than acid, moderate juice, low seed count, very uniform. I'm also growing Donskoi from Bill to see how they compare. So far they are about even with the Donskoi about 5 days ahead on fruiting. Plants looks very similar.

BigVanVader · June 2, 2017

I really like the look of these JD's Special C-tex. Very fluted compared to ISPL and Chr. Purple.

BigVanVader · June 2, 2017

This is the only mega bloom I haven't culled. It looks fairly uniform. The variety is Wes.

May 30, 2017	#200
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	O, BVV, she is so cute. This is the best age, enjoy. Time flies incredibly fast: our kids grow up and we get mature (not to say older). __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

May 30, 2017	#208
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	The production has always been great and people who like red tomatoes usually love it. I pref yellows and blacks but I prefer its taste to most other reds I've tried. I have tons of seeds if you wanna try it. Oh and I'd say the texture is perfect and the flavor is more sweet than acid, moderate juice, low seed count, very uniform. I'm also growing Donskoi from Bill to see how they compare. So far they are about even with the Donskoi about 5 days ahead on fruiting. Plants looks very similar. Last edited by BigVanVader; May 30, 2017 at 10:48 PM.

May 29, 2017	#196
Delerium Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: California Posts: 942	Very Nice! Didn't realize you had such a large operation. Very cute family picture your daughter looks adorable. She has grown since the last time i saw her helping with your tomato starts.

May 29, 2017	#197
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Thanks D! Yeah she is growing fast and is quite the character. She loves being in the garden and playing in the dirt. Our operation is still very small, about 1/4 acre of growing space, but we add more every year and eventually hope to have something edible growing everywhere we can. Double cropping and vertical growing help us cram more into less space and hopefully grafting will help as well. Our lot is almost 3/4 acre and the next thing I'd like to do is surround it in fruit trees/shrubs. My vision is backyard garden of Eden

May 30, 2017	#201
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Thanks! Luckily I am old enough this time around to understand what really matters. When she sees the tomato fruits or cukes she says Whoa! So funny

May 30, 2017	#202
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Beans and Taters

May 30, 2017	#203
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Lol those names got a lot of resistance from my wife Salt, but when a great idea hits you, you gotta stick to yer guns.

May 30, 2017	#204
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	The blooms on my Wes are bigger than usual this year. I have a feeling they will all be around a pound. 20170529_114135-resized-960.jpg 20170529_114104-resized-960.jpg 20170529_114156-resized-960.jpg Banana peppers are really early and the Corno di Toro is too. 20170529_112344-resized-960.jpg 20170529_112317-resized-960.jpg

May 30, 2017	#205
Spartanburg123 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 1,262	Beautiful garden there, Vader- and it looks like you have the best Garden Gnome of all!! Sweet young lady, and I'm sure she's in love with those bunnies!!

May 30, 2017	#206
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Thanks! Oh she is. She jibberjabbers to them in some unknown toddler language. I'm sure she is telling them how much she loves them

May 30, 2017	#207
Spartanburg123 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 1,262	Yep, indeed! Say, tell me about Wes. I've read some great things about it. Without the blue antho, it looks a bit like my Sgt. Pepper's plants- wispy foliage, very large blossoms, and the longest sepals I've ever seen! How is the production and flavor? Thanks! Darin