You Say Tomato, I say Brandywine . . .

. . . Carolina Gold, and Better Boy tomatoes.  Here's what they looked like when we first planted them.

They have since grown into the beasts of the east (yes, they are actually on the east side of the garden).  Check 'em out below.

This is the Brandywine tomato plant.  We became interested in growing this tomato because we heard that it can grow anywhere from 7-12 feet tall, and each pink tomato grows to be 1-2lbs.! Right now the plant is about 4.5-5 ft. tall and has 8 or 9 small tomatoes growing on it.  Here are some pics of Sam in front of it to give you an idea of how big the plant is.

 OK, so maybe some of those pics are so you can see how cute Sam is.  Enjoy!

We are also growing Carolina Gold and Better Boy tomatoes.  Here are some pics of the actual tomatoes growing on those.

These are the Carolina Gold tomatoes.  The Carolina Gold was producing the most tomatoes, and may have been the healthiest plant. . . until I freaked out about some of the leaves curling up on the bottom half of the plant and decided to go Edward Scissorhands on it.  Check this out.

What you see is not an optical illusion - there are no leaves on the bottom half of the plant, only tomatoes.  Way to go me.  I guess I'm still a wannabe farmer.  Hopefully she'll survive.  I'll keep you updated with any signs of hope.

Here are the Better Boy plants and tomatoes.  These are fairing a little better, since they didn't suffer the Edward-Scissorhands-fate of the Carolina Gold.

Coming up, the first hope-to-be-weekly installment of "Said on the Farm."  Stay tuned.