tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post8610807774594974925..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Ritual Of The First Tomato - RevisitedCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-18431943723051400062009-08-09T22:09:18.790-04:002009-08-09T22:09:18.790-04:00I love your tomato presentations. I am enjoying w...I love your tomato presentations. I am enjoying what the birds don't eat of my orange oxehearts that I'm growing for the first time.<br /><br />(I hope you get your sunflowers staked up. I have a couple that have fallen, I thought, because of squirrels climbing on them. One, I have had to support more than once, and it is still alive and blooming. I cut a few heads off of it the Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-5135077969859493552009-08-06T11:52:44.404-04:002009-08-06T11:52:44.404-04:00Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, squirrels, c...Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, squirrels, chickens, raccoons and tomato lovers everywhere,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gardeningnotebook.com/blog/?p=167" rel="nofollow">My Official TAOF Entry</a>Lindahttp://www.gardeningnotebook.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-40662208888942952922009-08-05T22:41:54.911-04:002009-08-05T22:41:54.911-04:00My tomatoes are ripe and my TOAF is ready.My tomatoes are ripe and my <a href="http://outsideclyde.blogspot.com/2009/08/wut-taof.html" rel="nofollow">TOAF is ready.</a>Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-24504514785732322092009-08-05T16:19:35.184-04:002009-08-05T16:19:35.184-04:00I'm so glad we have plenty of time to get our ...I'm so glad we have plenty of time to get our TAOF entries ready. I've been so busy I was afraid I would miss the deadline.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800890402850683771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-66655525584666079522009-08-05T07:13:51.201-04:002009-08-05T07:13:51.201-04:00Ahem. For some of us, August is the month before ...Ahem. For some of us, August is the month before you plant tomato seeds. It's cruel and unusual punishment to show me feasts of home-grown tomatoes like that! I won't have them till December at the earliest!Chookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230973711859964063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-44148912817333352002009-08-05T07:01:10.580-04:002009-08-05T07:01:10.580-04:00Thanks all for the nice comments and for having fu...Thanks all for the nice comments and for having fun with me over tomatoes. For the contest, the deadline is as loose as the rules... in the next few weeks, post TAOF, and let me know, then sometime later in August, I'll do a wrap up post with links and see about some way for readers to vote.<br /><br />Good luck!<br />Carol, May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-79046080375761984662009-08-04T23:47:38.384-04:002009-08-04T23:47:38.384-04:00Our ritual involves the perfect BLT, complete with...Our ritual involves the perfect BLT, complete with freshly toasted bread, warm bacon, lettuce from the garden, home made mayo, and last but not least: The Tomato! They were awfully late this year, weren't they? Must have been the cool wet spring and the cool wet July. <br /><br />I just put up my first 7 pints of puree. I'm not sure I have the creativity to present Tomato As Otherhealingmagichandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03785882461027155830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-13212769169425068722009-08-04T23:45:10.783-04:002009-08-04T23:45:10.783-04:00I can rejoice in the first tomato flower buds of m...I can rejoice in the first tomato flower buds of my late-season year. And also rejoice in the thought of you eating that lovely red valentine.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527649631254016576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-14417970980555671032009-08-04T23:03:18.176-04:002009-08-04T23:03:18.176-04:00So you knew I had grown the WUT this year I see. I...So you knew I had grown the WUT this year I see. I have the picture. I have experience in arranging fruits into odd positions. You'll get a run for your sundae. So what shall my TAOF be?Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-42690189660364244532009-08-04T22:45:38.550-04:002009-08-04T22:45:38.550-04:00It must been a hard work to watch and care for tho...It must been a hard work to watch and care for those tomatoes and you truly deserve that glorious moment in enjoying them.<br /><br />My mum took care of a tomato plant and it yield few friuts but tomatoes are quite difficult to take care in my place - easier bought than bred. But I guess its so much tastier when its home grown.James Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423981835876393119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-87054672004612460152009-08-04T21:46:10.685-04:002009-08-04T21:46:10.685-04:00I've seen you pull out the tomato pillow four ...I've seen you pull out the tomato pillow four times, and it still makes me grin, Carol. <br />But that tomato sundae is already the "best Presentation of a tomato as other food" - should we really try to <i>top</i> it? <br /><br />Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-59733206847663174192009-08-04T21:22:14.426-04:002009-08-04T21:22:14.426-04:00Carol, I love this contest! I might actually be a...Carol, I love this contest! I might actually be able to compete in this one...that is, if my tomatoes ever ripen. But I think you've already won 1st place; I don't think anything could top a tomato split.<br /><br />By the way, I did get motivated to weed the vegetable garden yesterday morning as I said. Lo and behold, behind some of the weeds were some ripe green peppers!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-85812833561181172902009-08-04T18:35:52.328-04:002009-08-04T18:35:52.328-04:00A nice way to rejoice over the first tomato... and...A nice way to rejoice over the first tomato... and love cindy's comment about borrowing friend's tomatoes for photos..<br /><br />~ bangchikBangchik and Kakdahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12539360678677230463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-61581340165604818722009-08-04T14:21:47.019-04:002009-08-04T14:21:47.019-04:00Can I borrow a friend's tomatoes for the photo...Can I borrow a friend's tomatoes for the photo? Mine are long gone. I'm going to get some fall tomatoes to plant soon, though.Cindy, MCOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094260737874973235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-14893904784417913642009-08-04T09:44:43.903-04:002009-08-04T09:44:43.903-04:00I love your TAOF photos! You should do more indoo...I love your TAOF photos! You should do more indoor, still life photography. This sounds like a fun contest. Too bad I have no tomatoes.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-53403958475780779152009-08-04T09:11:29.049-04:002009-08-04T09:11:29.049-04:00I love to pop the tiny tomatoes in salads because ...I love to pop the tiny tomatoes in salads because it is so effortless.<br />DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-1922206325707217512009-08-04T08:22:50.390-04:002009-08-04T08:22:50.390-04:00Love those tomatoes! We mixed cherry and yellow pe...Love those tomatoes! We mixed cherry and yellow pear toms with mozzarella, olive oil and a splash of vinegar for a quick tomato salad. Like bruschetta without the bread! As the main course we had tomato and bacon sandwiches. You can't beat a fresh tomato from the garden!Davehttp://www.growingthehomegarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-75315190231444434982009-08-04T07:11:34.879-04:002009-08-04T07:11:34.879-04:00These presentations will be difficult to impossibl...These presentations will be difficult to impossible to top. I could go for a bowl of those little tomatoes right now.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-87485575244002332962009-08-04T05:32:58.287-04:002009-08-04T05:32:58.287-04:00Thank you, you crazy, crazy woman. I read that wit...Thank you, you crazy, crazy woman. I read that with such a big grin on my face. First you had me totally sucked in to the whole ritual and I was backing away slowly. Then your presentations, I know no one who is so obviously in love with this humble friut. Bless you. Looking forward to the pictures you get sent. I (sorry, maybe you ought to sit down) I don't grow tomatoes so I shall just be Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-57185020113750436982009-08-03T23:57:39.519-04:002009-08-03T23:57:39.519-04:00Loved this! We went thru "passion of the firs...Loved this! We went thru "passion of the first tomato" tonight- really late this year- we've had a ton of rain in so. WV! And it's true- nothing beats those first sun-warmed garden-fresh tomatoes!<br />Planted 8 kinds, but hubby picked a big bowlful (no satin Tomato Pillow for him!) and so I've no idea which is which! LOLElkhorn Inn & Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-19423901879345774512009-08-03T22:06:14.648-04:002009-08-03T22:06:14.648-04:00All I can write is wish I were there.~~DeeAll I can write is wish I were there.~~DeeDee/reddirtramblingshttp://www.reddirtramblings.comnoreply@blogger.com