German Queen

Can you guess what at German Queen is?


It's not a Queen that lives in Germany


or


A German drag queen


it's a

Tomato!

That's right, it's a type of tomato plant! I also bought a Celebrity tomato plant, which brings us up to 8 tomato plants. I planted the German Queen and Celebrity about a month after I planted the other plants in the hopes of having a later season tomato crop. We shall see how my experiment goes.

The zucchini plant is growing like a weed.



And I had to stake up my container tomato plants after our storm the other night.



How is your garden doing this summer?

In the garden

I've got the Early Girl & Bush Goliath in planters on the patio. They are both supposed to grow well in planters. We have to maximize our tomato growing ability at our house!

In the garden I've got Better Boy, Pink Brandywine, Rutgers & a Red Beefsteak.

What tomatoes are in your garden this year?

Obsession

Saturday Dylan and I made our usual trip to the Market Square Farmer's Market and came home with TOMATOES! I can not tell you how excited I was to see tomatoes at the farmers market. One of my favorite dishes is fresh tomatoes with fresh mozzarella, basil, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, it's out of this world! My tomatoes in the garden are just starting to turn, so we'll have a few more weeks of purchasing the farmers market tomatoes to satisfy my tomato and mozzarella obsession. I really do like trying different varieties of tomatoes and the farmers market usually does not disappoint.

I am growing Red Beefsteak, Celebrity and Brandywine tomatoes in my garden. I love the big slicing tomatoes, they seem to go best with the mozzarella and toppings. They are also excellent for another summer favorite, BLT's!