Heirloom Tomatoes

Heirlooms are priceless unless they are tomatoes from the Carondelet Garden. In our case, they are just pricy! Between the cost of the plant, the dirt, the fertilizer, water, and time, Big Guy calculated we just grew a $37.00 tomato.

At the start of the growing season, we decided to try to grow heirloom tomatoes. We opted for four different types to give us variety in size, flavor, and taste. I think the Old German was a natural pick since it made us think of my grandpa whose lineage goes back to the old country. Next came the Cherokee Purple since Big Guy was told from childhood that he was half Cherokee. Sorry, but he is 100% Scots Irish, but we could not find a Scottish tomato not to be confused with the Scotch bonnets we grew last year which blew up our taste palettes from the heat of the pepper.

The final two were Big Rainbow and Black Krim. If we discount the thieving squirrel’s take, we have harvested all but the Cherokee Purple tomato…three out of four is not bad if you have the patience to try again which is tempting after the BLT sandwich, we made with the Black Krim tomato.

Big Guy and I are thinking we will just pick heirloom tomatoes at the farmer’s market next year. You know they will be cheaper than $37.00 and almost as delicious!