http://blog.zydecomoon.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:30:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you can see from the last date of my posting I have been immersed in tomatoes for a month.  It has been a wonderful year for tomatoes but now things are slowing down.  The weather has really cooled down, highs in the 70s lows in the 50s.  We have ... http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=180 If I could grow just one thing I think it would be tomatoes.  It is really fun to pick each individual tomato and inspect it for its beauty.  Today I picked 100 pounds of tomatoes and there are still plenty more to come.  We have gotten very little rain so ... http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=177 Our experiment with the high tunnel has really paid off.  We have beautiful Cherokee purple tomatoes and even a few red brandywines.  We picked about 50 pounds last week and are well over 100 pounds this week.  Our field tomatoes are even starting to ripen due to the recent round ... http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=174 Today the first tomato showed signs of ripening so it won't be long.  The Cherokee purples are the first which is everyone's favorite!  Our tomatoes really are the best, all heirloom varieties.  We have hooked many a customer with a taste at the market.  Come visit us at the farmers ... http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=171 The end of May is the most hectic time of year as all of our summer crops have to be planted at that time.  Over the past several weeks we've finished putting in all of our tomatoes.  We have about 800 plants so we will have plenty.  I don't know ... http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=167 We have had beautiful sunny days and great temperatures for the past several weeks.  Much better than last year.  Our tomato plants in the hoop house have blooms and are growing fast.  We also have tomato plants for sale so check us out at the Watauga County Farmer's market.  Right ... http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=160 http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=158 http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=155 http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=150 On Thursday we moved the hoop house.  It was our first major project that went off without a hitch.  We built the hoop house on skids, attached it to a wench and started pulling.  My job was to push the button and everyone else was responsible for steering and making ... http://blog.zydecomoon.com/?p=136