Comments on Greenish Thumb: Hillbilly is the one, I do reckon

Samantha, you're welcome to our next taste tes...

2009-08-21T10:40:35.573-04:00

Samantha, you're welcome to our next taste test. Not sure you'd eat obediently - and I know any waiter we've ever had would agree! lol :)

Thanks for the taste test results! I love stuff l...

2009-08-21T01:49:05.513-04:00

Thanks for the taste test results! I love stuff like this. Thanks for visiting my blog, as well. See you around!

2 lbs! OMG! Do you water your plants with gamma ...

2009-08-19T16:36:02.141-04:00

2 lbs! OMG! Do you water your plants with gamma rays, lol?

Hillbilly, hmmm...I just read about that one last ...

2009-08-19T11:18:30.438-04:00

Hillbilly, hmmm...I just read about that one last night while looking up info about Virginia Sweets. I think they're similar. Maybe next year I'll do a side by side comparison. Virginia Sweets is my biggest tomato this year - just picked one that weighed over 2 lbs.

I am having fun reading your posts and am impresse...

2009-08-18T23:33:18.196-04:00

I am having fun reading your posts and am impressed with how many people you are connecting with in the gardening community! I will have to taste your hillbilly tomato, if you still have any left. FYI - I am happy to be a participant in one of your taste tests and I too can eat obediently!

Autumn Belle - I'm not a major tomato connoise...

2009-08-18T15:47:54.279-04:00

Autumn Belle - I'm not a major tomato connoiseur, but once you get a few different tomatoes together, you start to nice the differences - just like if you do an apple taste test, you'll notice there are mealy ones, sweet ones, juicy ones, dry ones, tart ones, different shapes, sizes, colors, etc. At least that's what I'm told. Plus, the super cool thing about heirlooms is that most seeds are "true" seeds and also carry a history with them!

Julie - starting from seed is so easy and so fun - and totally up your alley!!! There's a lot that kids can do during the process as well. You'll also be amazed that you can start like 200 tomato plants (if you wanted to) for $2, when you've paid several dollars for one plant!

I really don't know what's been happening with the Cherokee Purples. Weird. They are definitely a fave of many people!!

I'm glad you liked this post! Check out Daphne's taste test on her blog - the colors and varieties are so beautiful!

Frankly speaking, to me a tomato is just a tomato....

2009-08-18T02:53:11.275-04:00

Frankly speaking, to me a tomato is just a tomato. But everyone seems to be talking about tomatoes this season. There are so many different names, I am getting dizzy.

What a fun way to present your tomatoes! I've ...

2009-08-17T21:07:33.606-04:00

What a fun way to present your tomatoes! I've heard so much about Hillbilly tomatoes, I definitely have to try them next year. Except that I've never started from seed before.... guess that's one more project to add to the list. Thanks for the inspiration!

I'm always looking for new heirloom tomatoes t...

2009-08-17T17:49:08.098-04:00

I'm always looking for new heirloom tomatoes to try. I'll write Hillbilly and Cherokee Purple both on my list for consideration for next year.

This is a fun post. My favorite is Better Boy. My ...

2009-08-17T15:46:29.180-04:00

This is a fun post. My favorite is Better Boy. My plants got huge this year but not many tomatoes. It was the cooler temps.

My mom was from Rockville--she tells me grand stories of ice skating on the Chesapeake. Her and my dad owned a little house and dad worked for Bethlehem Steel. That was way back long time ago in the 1940's. I do still remember how much she loved the area. It's so pretty.

That's one good looking hillbilly! Tomato I m...

2009-08-17T12:32:51.549-04:00

That's one good looking hillbilly! Tomato I mean. So, did you eat any tomatoes?

It is too bad you couldn't put it against Cher...

2009-08-17T07:21:13.630-04:00

It is too bad you couldn't put it against Cherokee Purple. I keep thinking I should grow that next year. Maybe. I tend to grow early tomatoes since our season is short.

I will look for that kind of plant next spring. O...

2009-08-16T23:55:08.967-04:00

I will look for that kind of plant next spring. One can't deny the blind taste test. Thanks for the info and a fun post.