My daughters were excited to take a picture of this Orange Blossom tomato because it was the 100th tomato picked this season!
After picking the rest of the 4th of July, Early Girl and New Girl tomatoes the count elevated to 136!
We know for sure that the count is 136 because our kitten Maggie counted them again for us!
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Last year my goal was to have the first ripe tomato by my birthday, June 24th and I had this small tomato to celebrate with:
My actual first ripe tomato last year was June 15th and the birthday one was only the fourth or fifth tomato.
This year's early tomato production has been even better! My first ripe tomato was on June 5th, and today on my birthday we have these:
A whole windowsill full of garden fresh tomatoes!My daughters and I have decided to count how many tomatoes we pick over the entire season. So far we are at 40! The most recent ones are Orange Blossom Tomatoes. They are larger than the early girl variety and much larger than the 4th of July tomatoes.
They are delicious, a great birthday tomato! They are very meaty and flavorful. This year's garden birthday present will be orange blossom BLTs - colorful, delicious and salmonella free!
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