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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 156
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My Free Range Tomato Ranch
Hello, I would like to share some pictures of my tomatoes and other such things from my garden. This year we finally installed a deer and wildlife fence around my garden plot, which has allowed my tomatoes to flourish like never before. I have been very busy harvesting tomatoes and fermenting/cleaning seeds. I only regret that I have not taken more pictures of many other beautiful ripe fruits before I processed them for seed preservation. Particularly a gigantic, perfect Kosovo heart, a stunning set of Oud Holland fruits, and a beautiful bunch of Marnero F1s.
Because we were busy building the fence this spring into the summer, I fell behind a bit on taming the plants and suppressing the weeds. However, in spite of my neglect, my plants have been doing extremely well--mostly because they are not being munched on and trampled by the many deer which visit our mini 'nature preserve.' My garden runs alongside a creek which attracts much wildlife. Since 2016 I have been attempting to trial hundreds of tomato varieties, but only this year have I been able to be moderately successful in that endeavor. The goal of my project is to determine what varieties will consistently perform well given the microclimate of my creek bottom land and the style of gardening I practice. For now the selective pressure is simply to give me viable seeds. If it produces a ripe tomato from which I can collect and preserve seeds, then it makes the cut. When I have exhausted my collection of purchased seeds, I will begin a new trial of my personally collected seed stock. At that point the selective pressure will primarily be taste as well as performance and aesthetics. I do have plans to retrial some of my most highly anticipated varieties of which I no longer have seeds, as I would like for them to get a fair chance to show their stuff. Aa IMG_9227t.jpg Ab IMG_9228t.jpg Ac IMG_9229t.jpg Ad 20190904_174712t.jpg Ae 20190905_180455t.jpg Af 20190907_192159t.jpg Af IMG_9179t.jpg Ag IMG_9182t.jpg Ai IMG_9186t.jpg AIMG_9421t.jpg Aj IMG_9188t.jpg Ak IMG_9194t.jpg Al IMG_9054t.jpg Am IMG_9196t.jpg An IMG_9197t.jpg Ao IMG_9201t.jpg Ap IMG_9209t.jpg Ar IMG_9211t.jpg As IMG_9212t.jpg At IMG_9213t.jpg Au IMG_9464t.jpg Av IMG_9218t.jpg Aw IMG_9466t.jpg Ax IMG_9472t.jpg Ay IMG_9488t.jpg Ba 20190904_183216t.jpg Bb 20190904_175924t.jpg Bc 20190904_181918t.jpg Bd 20190905_195502t.jpg Be 20190905_194844t.jpg Bf 20190904_182820t.jpg Bg 20190904_182843t.jpg Bh 20190825_171404t.jpg Bi 20190825_171414t.jpg Bj 20190825_171512t.jpg Bk 20190825_171327t.jpg Bl 20190825_171532t.jpg Bm 20190904_183104t.jpg Bn20190904_183115t.jpg BoIMG_9618t.jpg Bp 20190910_185135t.jpg Bq 20190910_185322t.jpg Br 20190904_181343t.jpg Bs 20190904_194220t.jpg Bt 20190904_192601t.jpg Bu 20190907_181832t.jpg Bv 20190910_171056t.jpg Ca 20190830_123017t.jpg Cb 20190902_100645t.jpg Cc 20190905_132001t.jpg Cd 20190905_144134t.jpg Ce 20190905_133816t.jpg Cf 70184506_553169565221274_6844737385037561856_n t.jpg Cff 69708582_1685293794938239_2999851892512653312_nt.jpg Cg 20190912_115757t.jpg Ch 20190912_115814t.jpg Ci 20190912_115844t.jpg Cj 20190912_121545t.jpg Ck 20190910_114149t.jpg Cl 20190902_110726t.jpg Cm 20190902_110738t.jpg Cn 20190831_103410t.jpg Co 20190902_111528t.jpg Cp 20190902_111605t.jpg Cr 20190902_111645t.jpg Cs 20190902_111719t.jpg Ct 20190902_111729t.jpg Cu 20190902_111808t.jpg Cv 20190902_111838t.jpg Cw 20190902_111905t.jpg Cx 20190902_111914t.jpg Cy 20190902_111940t.jpg Da 20190902_112021t.jpg Db 20190902_112252t.jpg Dc 20190902_112950t.jpg Dd 20190903_113516t.jpg De 20190903_113631t.jpg Df 20190903_113652t.jpg Dg 20190908_172535t.jpg Dh 20190904_174833t.jpg Di 20190904_174854t.jpg Dj 20190905_194813t.jpg Dk 20190905_194821t.jpg Y 20190817_204902t.jpg Za 20190810_205206t.jpg Zb 20190810_205517t.jpg Zc 20190810_205214t.jpg Last edited by NoahYates; September 12, 2019 at 02:38 PM. |
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 156
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Can someone please help me to understand why my attachments are not displaying?
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: So Cal
Posts: 380
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I can see all of the pictures. Nice garden!!
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 156
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That is great to hear! :-) Thank you!
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Steens, MS 8a
Posts: 410
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I can see all of them as well. These are recent pics? My tomato patch looks like death warmed over...Yours look great, and the deer look ★★★★ed off! Good job, I can tell that you are mighty pleased!
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Southeastern PA
Posts: 1,420
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No wonder you needed a deer fence. That's a lot of hungry looking deer!
Gardens look great. |
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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That looks really fantastic.
Do you see anything where the pictures should be. If so right click choose view image and it will tell you to log in. Log in and check keep me logged in or whatever it says. |
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 156
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Thank you all for the positive feedback :-) These are pictures from this season. Most of the pictures of lush tomato foliage are from late July into early August. The vines are still lush, but they are somewhat disorganized from my searching for and picking hidden tomatoes. The deer certainly wish they could still graze like they have in the past. haha!
Edit: Ohhhh! Thank you Worth1!! It had been a while since I relogged. I followed your instructions I can see the pictures now :-) Last edited by NoahYates; September 12, 2019 at 05:26 PM. |
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
Posts: 739
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Oh my goodness, I'm exhausted. Lol
Kudos my friend everything looks fantastic. |
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September 12, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC
Posts: 1,253
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Very nice. Lots of work in such a large area. Must keep you busy all the time, outside and inside processing the wonderful tomatoes.
Pretty morning glory. |
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September 23, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 156
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I am heartbroken to learn of Carolyn's passing. I had not been on tomatoville much this season until now that the season is winding down. I am so inspired by Carolyn's knowledge of tomatoes. Her posts are gold. Lurking through this forum devouring what information I can, I feel like I somewhat get to know people through their posts. As I would read various topics, I would always be anticipating a response from Carolyn to authoritatively glean the relevant information I was looking for. Her posts on sprawling for example gave me the courage to implement that style of growing in my garden, as I, like her, am growing out far too many varieties in each season to be able to cage, stake, or trellis them all. I must admit, in my ignorance of her passing, I was waiting anxiously for her reaction to my pictures of my sprawled tomatoes and diversity of varieties, many of which she introduced. I know she posted comments on nearly every thread on tomatoville. I am sad that she will not be able to communicate to me how much she loves it, but I know she does. My successful season I partially attribute to her blessing from above. I miss her wise and informative, sometimes cagey, and always generous posts. I had the idea to take this picture of Carolyn and Craig's books with a few tomatoes significant to each of the authors. We miss you Carolyn!!! <3
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September 23, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,794
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Wonderful! I love the harvest pics with names on em, and the look on those deer's faces! Hah!!
 
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