Neat, UT! Looks great so far. Mine is coming along too, but is halfway covered in Jerusalem artichokes from last year's gardeners. I have to go out there and weed them out one of these days.

I'm excited! I have limited space for sunny tomatoes, but this is what I found to try this year...

Nyagous Black Tomato
Origin: Russia
This variety was originally introduced to the United States from the collection of the famous tomato enthusiast, Reinhard Kraft of Germany. Of late, Nyagous Black has become one of the more highly sought after Russian tomatoes by tomato lovers.

Nyagous produces wonderful globe shaped tomatoes in small clusters of 3 to 6 tomatoes each. The tomatoes produced by Nyagous have a very smooth, round shape which makes this an ideal tomato for market growers. Unlike many other black tomatoes, Nyagous Black is much less prone to cracking or cat-facing. The tomatoes are typically a dusky-red color (but lighter and darker variations do exist, ranging from typical red to a near black with an emerald green interior) with meaty flesh and possess a sweet, aromatic taste.

Can't wait! Got 4 plants. Grow babies, grow!

awesome project =) Home grown stuff rocks. I lack garden but my desk is slowly being colonised by a growing cluster of basil, parsley, thyme & tomato plants in pots. An early experiment with putting tomato plants on the windowsill ended in trajedy - came home & leaned out the window to find a shattered pot and broken stem 4 stories down.

WOW...
Are you a tomato aficionado, or do you just like to research your projects? When Tony and i started we found one decent PA gardening book and a good seed provider on the web - so far it seems to be working out!

In fact we're growing some bean varieties I never heard of - I don't know what they'll taste like - but it's fun watching them actually sprout and take off. I can't wait until we can harvest something.

BTW honey - the plants look great - I can't believe how much the beans spouted over night - I think it is so cool the way the leaves come out of the middle of the bean "meat".

I found a 4 pack of these guys at a hippie school plant fundraising sale, just hand labeled heirloom Nyagous...They looked the healthiest, then I came home and had to look them up. What's a black tomato like? We'll see!

these little beanies are like time lapsed photography with a majestic sountrack..maybe the theme from 2001?

Warch - You're supporting hippie school?!? :eek:

Hey Chica, hows about you save me a few seeds this fall? We'll figure out a barter.

Rodale Press and the county extension agent are good sources of info. ;)

My mom's flower garden is working out well:

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Columbines are so bizarre looking.

I love the Jack in the Pulpit. Mine haven't come up yet.

Yeah, there are a lot in the woods near my house, but no purple ones, and none of them are as big.

(hippie school is actually a small Quaker school where my friend's kids go. I support!)

I seem to have a bumper crop of Jacks this year- more the woodland variety. Anyone nearby can come for some freebies! Jacks are both sexes at the same time. Plants are freaky.

If I get some lucky tomatoes, I will definitely save you some seedage, Griff. Do I just dry a tomato to get em? Who knows about proper seed saving?

Before its too late, plant some dinosaur kale/lacinato kale and some nasturtiums. They win for beautiful plants, healthy and tasty.

My garden. 2 years ago I flipped a coin to see if make bigger or let grass have it. I lost. So I had 2 truck loads of old saw dust hauled in. Let that set over winter, then 100 bucks of top soil on top. County extension agent checked soil and said good to go. On far right are blueberry bushes. 1st row on right LA. purple pod beans. I can see them to pick. Next maters 3 kinds, some bush type. One grape mater in the bunch paid 2.94 for the flapping thing. Next more maters, egg plants and a few hot peppers. Next row will be okra and what ever. Wire on left is for cucumbers. In back ground in the county jail, boy it's close :mg:

Maybe you could hire a few from the jail when you have some hauling or want to expand.