I guess I'll start off by saying that I have an unhealthy obsession with tomatoes.

As this is my first post, I figured I'd keep it somewhat reasonable and just talk about tomatoes for now, even though I grow a LOT of other veggies (and fruits!) besides that.
I also start my tomatoes from seed rather than plant because I get cabin fever in a serious way after Christmas that I can't wait to start growing things any longer. Yes... I have already started my tomato (and pepper) seedlings.


This year I'm growing...
Honeybunch Hybrid - This is a grape tomato that's your stereotypical grape tomato. Small, red, really sweet, great to eat right off the vine.
Italian Ice - Another grape tomato, but it's actually white. This is one of my favs because it tastes like candy.
Black Pearl - Another grape tomato thats... black. A new one for me this year, I don't know what it tastes like, but according to Burpee if you refrigerate this tomato, it tastes like a Concord Grape. Yum.
Red Lightning - A cherry tomato that has red and and yellow stripes on it. A new one on me. It looked cool so I had to try it.

Juliet Hybrid - My very favorite tomato EVER. If I could only grow one tomato plant a year, this would be it. The best description I can give it is that it's a small Roma that grows in bunches like a grape. I have canned these in the past and used them later to make spaghetti sauce. It's also the primary tomato I use in my awesome salsa. You can also eat them right off the vine as well... they're very good.
Tangerine Mama/Golden Mama - These are practically the same tomato except one is orange and one is yellow. These are most definitely a sauce tomato as they're not very juicy, though I've never used them that way before. I just put em in my salsa.

Razzle Dazzle - Introduced to me by Burpee as I'd NEVER heard of it before, this is a fantastic hamberger tomato. It's also a really unusual color... sort of a mauve rather than red.
Brandywine Pink - One of my first heirlooms. I didn't grow any of these personally last year, a co-worker of my husband's did (I gave him the plant... it was out of a variety seed packet), and it was AMAZING. Just a really, big, huge, awesome, pinkish tomato.

Black Krim - The second of my heirlooms. It's black/dark purple. A new one on me... hope it's good!
Burpee's Supersteak - The third of my heirlooms. Came in a variety packet so I had no choice but to test it out.


Big Rainbow - The fourth heirloom. It's big, it's yellow, it's lumpy. Can't wait!
Aunt Ruby's German Green - The last heirloom. I just discovered this in a book last night... I'd never heard of it before so I ordered some seeds off of amazon to test em out.

Alright, that's enough rambling from me for now, but I shall return later to discuss other things I like growing.
