Because You Can't Have Just One

So I got another German Johnson heirloom tomato....

They better produce and taste as good as their name!

Progress

The rows have been weeded

(and weeded, and weeded...)

the trellises are up

and there are blossoms on everything there should be blossoms on.

The garden is looking better than it ever has-

neat and orderly.

Hoping that the storms moving through today 

don't wreak havoc on my poor plants-

namely the squash and broccoli.

Jalopy

We don't just have cats and horses in the barn...

This is my dad's old Morris Minor that originally belonged to his grandfather.

 

Photo of my dad in the middle with his grandfather left and father right and the car

The Garden

I got myself a new tiller.  I went with a Mantis 2 stroke.
I have high hopes for this tiller.
It's going to make this garden produce bumper crops
and keep me canning all summer long
(provided I learn to can).

It got the job done (and nearly did me in- I couldn't move for a couple of days)

Big E and I mapped out the area and marked our rows.

Can't wait to see what we manage to harvest!

Almost Roadkill

Saved this little guy from getting run over (the turtle not the brat child). Luckily he didn't move as fast as that bullfrog from a few days ago. Currently Turtleman (named for the crazy guy on Animal Planet that the brat and I met before he had a show) is chowing down on some tomatoes and lettuce.  

German Johnson

While out shopping for tomato plants for the garden, 

I came across an heirloom variety I hadn't heard of before- 

the German Johnson.  

Because my humor tends to run along the same lines as an adolescent youth, 

I immediately purchased one for the garden.  

Just because it was called a German Johnson.

My German Johnson growing in the garden

I did do a little research on it out of curiosity.

It was brought to Virginia and North Carolina by immigrants.

It is one of the parent plants to the Mortgage Lifter tomato.

The fruits are pink and low in acid and seeds

and it's perfect for slicing or canning.

The tomatoes get to be about 3/4- 1.5 pounds.

It's said to be the best tomato for BLT's.

So basically, an awesome tomato with an awesome name.

First German Johnson tomato

So far, I love this plant.

How many other plants make you laugh?

Case in point- this conversation heard at the nursery:

Guy #1: I used to have a German Johnson.

Guy #2: Me too, they're big.

Guy #1: Not many bigger than a German Johnson

Guy #2: Yep, I miss my Johnson, I think I'll have to get me another.

Bathing Beauties

Chickens like to take dust bathes.  

Here Bertha and Martha Stewart choose the area right next to the tomatoes to bathe