It’s raining! Do you know what this means? It means we’re saving water today. It’s pouring from the roof into those rain barrels and that is good news for the garden, for our planet and for our bank account.
Over the weekend I potted up my tomato seedlings into larger pots. I’m growing surprisingly few varieties of tomato from seed this season, compared to other years. I have some more seeds that a friend sent me, but I think I’ll just save them for next year. Now that it’s almost May, it’s getting a bit late for starting tomato seeds. This year I’m growing:
- Black Plum
- Red Currant
- Amana Orange
- Marianna’s Peace
I’ve grown Amana Orange before, and I’ve purchased Red Currant before, but the others are new to me, so it will be interesting to watch these new varieties grow in my garden.
Red Currant tomatoes growing in my Toronto garden in 2004.
Speaking of tomato seedlings, I’d like to draw your attention to my latest post at Suite101.com, How to Pot Up Tomato Seedlings. If you are growing tomatoes from seed this season, this tutorial will come in handy.
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I am so happy for you. I love your post about putting rain barrels together. I would like to do that when I can find some barrels. I have to talk to my old man. You are growing red currants? I just repotted seedlings of golden currant tomatoes. I have never had them and cannot wait to see how they measure up to Sungolds. Today I get a truckload of dirt {does little funky dance} So I can finally put my garden in!!! Yea!
I am actually going to plant my little tomato plants in the garden today. I sounds like you have picked some interesting varieties.
Deb
I love Tomatoes.
The varieties I have this season:
Black from Tula
Amish Paste
Sungold
Green Grape
Burpee Heirloom Rainbow collection
Golden Currant
Carmello.
{Keep in mind I am working my garden and a Coop, so some of this will be at the other site.