The $50 tomato

Tomato number two, another Better Boy, has come off the vine and into the kitchen. Peeled and sliced it--whew! finally!--tasted like a tomato!

We have loads of green tomatoes all of which will undoubtedly ripen within 24 hours of each other. I'm thinking... bruschetta?

The $100 tomato arrives

All tomato plants doing well and laden with tomatoes. One, of the Better Boy variety and in a grow bag, was almost hidden at the bottom where the sun can't get to it. It went from yellow-green, to yellow-orange, to orange-red. At near-peak ripeness, we plucked.

Alas, not a very tasty tomato. Because it was first and had perhaps some water stress? Perhaps because it lacked sunshine to perk up its flavor?

I don't know. It was small, although it had looked quite glorious on the vine, and mealy.

There are others. We march on.