Food and Dining

Last year, I collected tomato seeds from an Heirloom tomato that we bought at a local supermarket. I planted them in the spring and now I am about to get my first ripe tomato.

It is widely acknowledged that Heirloom tomatoes have better flavor than the mass produced commercially grown ones. We tend to agree, although we do get some sweet Jubilee tomatoes (Arizona grown) with a nice texture and flavor.

Wikipedia has this to say about Heirloom Tomatoes:

An heirloom tomato (also called heritage tomato in the UK) is an open-pollinated (non-hybrid) heirloom cultivar of tomato. Heirloom tomatoes have become increasingly popular and more readily available in recent years. They are grown for a variety of reasons, such as historical interest, access to wider varieties, and by people who wish to save seeds from year to year, as well as for their taste, which is widely perceived to be better than modern tomatoes.

I can hardly wait to have a taste of this tomato.

I say “huge” tongue-in-cheek because these little green tomatoes are barely an inch in diameter. However, with any luck, the little vine out in the courtyard will produce more of these as these first ones become ripe on the vine.

There were no store-bought seeds used here. These are all growing from seeds that I harvested from tomatoes in the kitchen. The exact name for this variety of tomatoes is not known, but I bet they will be good in salads or in sandwiches.

I have other garden vegetables starting up on the back patio. I am hoping for a good crop of all kinds of home-grown stuff this summer and fall. Click on the image to enlarge.