Don’s first tomato of the summer …
weighing in at 1 pound 1.64 ounces!
And quite the shady character at work …
The bees are a little disoriented … they’ll get over it …
Or should I say under it?
Bragging (with addenda)
I'm Going to Texas (version 2.0)
"The road goes on forever and the party never ends …" Robert Earl Keen
I'm Going to Texas (version 2.0) 
Wowza 🤩
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Of course they’re getting ripe … we’re going out of town next week
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Is that an heirloom? Big and pretty.
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Not sure what the variety is … hope to report soon on the flavor
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Wow!!!
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Woo Hoo! What a treat. We’ll be right over with our salt shaker!
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Amazing!!
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What a beaut! ❤️🍅🙌
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It was a touch underripe, but absolutely delicious …
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magnificant. I have one the size of a marble
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L&D – wow that is a serious tomato – cup of tomato soup right there. Go well. B
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Nice! I have blossoms but then that’s normal for here. 🙂
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So yeah, the good news is that tomatoes come in early in Texas … the bad news is that Don is outside right now putting up shade cloth because the temps are forecast to be in the 90s all week … and will stay in that range for the rest of the summer, which will last well into October … which means that future flowers will be duds and the existing tomatoes will all ripen and be gone within a month … but at least we’ll get to try for a second season in what everyone north of us calls autumn 😉
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I’m suitably impressed;-)
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We just flew to St Louis to see the grandkiddos … brought two just-ripe tomatoes through the TSA security line packed in a 48 ounce oatmeal container that I fished out of the recycling bin … it was the only thing wide enough to hold them
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wow, coeur de boeuf tomatoes ! Ready to bite ! Lovely ! A
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We have been away for a week and came home to 8 beautiful ripe tomatoes … I know what’s going to be on our menu for sure!
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Damn that’s a whopper! I bet it was delicious. Tell how you prepared it. On it’s own or in a sandwich?
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We’ve had everything from BLTs to shakshuka, and lots of salads of course … sadly, the triple digit heat has cooked the tomatoes on the vine, so we’re pretty much done … but it was a lovely month of eating
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I bet it was…mummm BLTs
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