2010 Tomato Selections

I spent the bulk of this past weekend cleaning up the yard, amending garden beds and continuing to plant seeds.  The spinach, kale and radishes planted three or four weeks ago in the yard are getting huge, and last weeks flats of seeds have started to sprout in the greenhouse.  The strawberries I planted last year have taken over past of the yard, which was unexpected.  So if anyone wants strawberries let me know.  I have far too many plants.

Yesterday I successfully planted six flats of tomatoes, eggplants, greens, peppers and brassicas.

After weeks of debate I ended up with a colorful and hopefully delicious mix of tomatoes for 2010.

• Juan Flamme (small, sweet orange fruits)
• Big Rainbow (large golden tomato with red stripes)
• Black Krim (large Russian heirloom tomato, dark purple fruit with green shoulders and salty finish)
• Cherokee Purple (medium sized pinkish-purple fruit and smokey-sweet flavor)
• Super Sweet 100 (extremely sweet red cherry tomatoes)
• Abe Lincoln (medium sized round red fruit)
• Green Zebra (medium sized green and yellow striped fruit)
• Prudens Purple (dark pink skinned tomato with potato leaves)
• Aunt Ruby's German Green (large beefsteak tomato with light green flesh accented with pink blush undertones)
• German Johnson (huge meaty fruits with pink skin and yellow shoulders)
• Black Plum (dark red-purple fruits with sweet flavor and great shape)