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Mother Earth’s Garden

Archive for the ‘heirloom varieties’ Category

July 20th, 2008

The First Ripe Tomatoes

I’m finally getting a few ripe cherry tomatoes in my garden. They’re an heirloom yellow variety but they’re delicious. There’s nothing better than a ripe tomato fresh from the garden. You can taste the sunshine in every bite.
Most of my tomatoes are still green, but they’re getting there. I should have several more […]

By linette -- 1 comment

June 22nd, 2008

What In The World is a Litchi Tomato Plant?

Our local small town garden center has some unique heirloom variety tomatoes, and peppers. I probably bought one of everything this spring, I just can’t resist heirloom tomatoes.
One of the most unique varieties I purchased was a Litchi tomato (the scientific name is S. sisymbriifolium). It’s a very unusual looking plant, the leaves […]

By linette -- 4 comments