Comments on: Seeing red: my tomato crop

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:16:40 +0000

Charlotte. Get the seedlings in now and they should produce the goods. Feed them up every fortnight early on (liquid foods) and provided the weather is merely normal (which is a big ask these days) and you have two gluts in the one year.

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The incredible lightness of bean « How to shuck an oyster — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:10:04 +0000

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By: doctordi

doctordi — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:54:21 +0000

Handsome buggers, aren’t they? Well done you!

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:28:43 +0000

Jules, I know your council on The Right side of the bridge is very lax on ‘composting’ rules but over here our cultivation practices are a little more sophisticated I’m pleased to say.

And hmm, I may have exaggerated the gluttiness, Empress. Sadly it requires no drive-by – but when my next crop comes on, fingers crossed I will need to give you a call…

Jamie, I have some baby heirloom seedlings on the go – do you reckon it’s too late for me to get a harvest before autumn? They’re only about two inches high.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:12:08 +0000

Love a good glut. Well done, Charlotte, they look great. Of all the tomato varieties, Romas are some of the tomatoeyest tasting, if that’s a word.

By: Stephanie Clifford-Smith

Stephanie Clifford-Smith — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:59:13 +0000

Yes Charlotte, congrats etc. Now tell us what you’re going to do with them! Are you talking a serious glut? Like the kind that would require a drive by from me to help alleviate?

By: julie

julie — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:44:51 +0000

These smell so good. Congratulations farmer Charl. Will they be annointed with basil and buffalo mozzarella, or scoffed as is?

I was glad to hear the local council dropped that allegation about use of human waste for cultivation.