or maybe you've seen it on my blog. over 200 varieties....yikes.

Very happy to have my garden all planted - now it is maintaining time. We are having weird weather - 41 degrees this morning - but the 80s aren't far ahead.

Have a great garden season!

..... but I pitched the bad plants and bought new ones and changed out the planting mix

I wasn't able to start my plants from seed this year (due to a health issue). I will surely miss those gorgeous heirlooms in August and September. I'm going to have to rely on the local greenhouse. They will have Rutgers at least.

Oh, I love Arkansas Traveler! One is just the right size for one serving and mine were still getting fruit way into fall last year.

Good growing!

Lowes has a good assortment and the company "Bonnie" sells to lots of
garden centers and big box stores.

Our local greenhouse usually has some. It has been chilly here so they should still have some in stock. It's bad karma to plant them before Memorial Day in PA! We have a frost warning for tomorrow morning! LOL

...... if you can try lemon boy very very very productive

It's my choice for a general purpose tomato. In addition to Rutgers, I have some bush Brandywines, Striped Stuffer (looks like a pepper but tastes like a tomato), Abe Lincoln, New Yorker, an unknown variety I call Stephanie's Orange because I got the seeds from my friend Stephanie and it's orange. I also have Principe Borghese which are still in their seed pots. And tomatillos.

Not enough sun and heat for peppers in my yard, sadly, and some years even the tomatoes are marginal. But a garden makes one optimistic...

You might want to try Black Krim if not enough sun and heat is a problem.

A dark mulch or a black weed cloth or even some black plastic under the
tomatoes will give you a little heat because of the albedo effect.

splurged and got a grafted Black Krim. So far so good...lots of tomatoes coming, no blossom end rot yet (used some gypsum and bone meal this year), very vigorous and happy. Can't wait.

Tried Black Prince last year and loved it
Always grow Sungold and Green Zebra
Tried Mr. Stripey and found them easy, impressive growers but mealy fruit.
Trying Persimmon, Black Sea Man, and Caspian Pink for the first time. Caspian Pink is supposed to be even better tasting than Brandywine.

Good luck!

I have grown Burpees' Long Keepers and stored them for use through early November. This year, I am trying the variety: Geronimo. I read on another forum that Geronimo is a good choice for storage. It is a long season tomato, about 85 days, IIRC. The Johnny's Seeds packet describes them as "greenhouse tomatoes".

I used to pick the Long Keepers when green in early September. I would wipe them with bleach solution then put them on a tray in our basement. Our basement is not a very cool spot because we have insulation below the slab. It has to do! Some tomatoes spoil, but I always had dozens of tomatoes in October.