Grow Big Y'all
We’ve seen Seabreeze at the Rainbow Inn on Eleuthera many times, and every time was special. We’ve also had the pleasure of running into him at some of his secret hangouts around the island, and buying him a beer. He is one of a kind, a Bahamian national treasure. So let’s kick this YouTube channel off with our good buddy, and inspiration…
It’s time to start canning after 27.41 lbs today. Three Celebrities weighed in at .692, .724, and.716 pounds. The first “how to” video will be on canning, the easy way.
Guessing Dr Seabreeze’s father didn’t raise corn, but good Lord we do, and it’s starting to silk. It’s the best example of photosynthesis in action. You can almost see the sun splitting the C02, releasing the oxygen, and leaving all that carbon fiber in the stalks. And you just can’t beat the irony of a corn field in the city.
All in a row
Big Beef for the win.
Not quite yet, but 22.24 lbs wasn’t too shabby today. Video of the harvest is in progress. Grow big y’all.
We heard him tweeting as he flew out of sight, “best ‘maters on the planet, y’all, and to all a good night.”
At least the little twitter has taste.
This Boboai Digital Scale just arrived and lo and behold less than half of the tomatoes pictured before were over 8 pounds. And that didn’t include the very conservative estimate of 3 to 4 pounds of cherry tomatoes we’ve picked so far. Therefore, we’re hereby making the executive decision to bump up the harvest counter to 20lbs. We will start recording to 2 decimal places tomorrow.
Also just spotted the Little Brown Thrasher dining on the two beauties we left for him on the potting table. We almost got a picture, dangit! Camera is on the tripod if he comes back. Here birdy birdy…
We haven’t found a better way to grow herbs in the window sill than with the Sunblaster Micro Grow Light Garden. We bought two from Gardner’s Supply.
What we like most is that the 12 inch full spectrum fluorescent bulbs are replaceable. When the LED models burn out, you’re hosed. Believe us, we’ve learned the hard way.
We also like the fact they are thin and long (7 x 18 inches), so they will fit on the window sill and can hold three 5 X 5 inch pots in each, giving us room for Parsley, Sage, Thyme, Oregano, Cilantro, and Basil.
We’ll do a more extensive review when we get the vids going.
Rascal! We caught that brave little bird eating one of these nice plump red ones and tried to shoo him away. We even put it in the yard for him to enjoy. But no, he was a persistent little cuss and had the audacity to go after another! Don’t get greedy now you little brown thrasher.
So today we went ahead and picked everything that was orange and brought them inside to ripen. You’ve got to protect the goods. An assortment of Super Sweet’s, Early Girl’s, Big Beef’s, and the first Better Boy’s.
Here was yesterday’s take of Early Girl’s, Big Beef’s and Super Sweet 100’s. We estimate about 4 pounds. Before this we had about 4 pounds of Early Girls and Super Sweet’s. We ordered a digital scale today.
Hey y’all! Welcome to Lord Got Tomatoes.
We started this thing for a couple of reasons. Primarily it’s for sharing “How To” videos and gardening tips and tricks. We’ve learned a thousand times more from YouTube videos than we ever did in the classroom, and it’s just time to give back to the community. Secondly, we just want to somehow share all this juicy sweet goodness growing in our backyard! Our kids said the other day that “It was just a matter of time before you started showing what you are doing back there.”
Here in north Texas, we have a unique, and some say impossible climate for growing these red wonders. Our summers are scorching hot! When it gets above 90-95 degrees toward the end of June, tomato blooms dry up and drop off. And forget the heat tolerant varieties, they aren’t worth the cost of water for a bunch of foliage and only one or two fruits. It’s just too hot, often double digit days-in-a-row above 100. So the trick is to get the tomatoes in early, by mid-March, so you’re done harvesting by mid-July.
But guess what this unique climate also offers us…a second growing season! A Fall Garden! At the end of this month, we’re going to start another batch of these bad boys to plant at the end of July. They’ll grow strong stalks and height in the dog days of August, but when that cool fall breeze hits early September, they’ll start putting out those pretty yellow blooms and Lord have mercy we’ll have home grown tomatoes on Thanksgiving Day!
Herbs, cantaloupe, and watermelon are all in to grow throughout the summer. We’re going to try some heirloom tomato varieties in the Fall Garden, along with some pole beans, okra, and peppers, and we’ll put in a second batch of corn. We’ll be canning and cooking and starting from seed, so please pull up a chair and make yourself at home.
Wait, did we mention the third growing season? The Winter Garden with salad and collard greens? Stay Tuned.
Well let’s kick this off with Feynman explaining this whole gardening thing…like a boss.
Lord Got Tomatoes 