In the Garden with Pat Rubin

Bee garden writer Pat Rubin writes about everything that grows, from flowers and trees to vegetables and lawns. Pat volunteered for several years as a Placer County Master Gardener and has written about gardening for many national and regional publications. In addition to gardening, she spends time raising and showing miniature horses and miniature donkeys.

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June 12, 2007

Ripe tomatoes already!

Let me start by saying I have never harvested tomatoes from the garden in June, not mid June, not late June, and especially not early June. So when I was watering the tomatoes last night and checking for weeds - I get a vine called bindweed that insists on coming up everywhere - I spotted a flash of red.

Could it be - hold your breath - ripe tomatoes?

Yes. Not only were they red, they were ripe enough to eat. So I cut the whole stem, happily sacrificing a few green ones for show and tell. They’re Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes. I’ve grown them in the past, but never with such success.

Everything in the garden came together this year: the new garden bed gets lots of sun; the soil is fertile and includes plenty of compost. We took a chance and planted early, and the weather cooperated.

Here they are. Actually this photograph is all that’s left. We ate them.

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