Mid-week update -- Tomatoes, Lavender, and Radishes

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Tomatoes - On Wednesday I finally got around to transplanting the tomatoes we picked up at the farmers market into containers.   

Gray container - Mortgage Lifter

I read about this one in one of Zade's books, and the description below is from http://store.tomatofest.com/Mortgage_Lifter_Radiator_Charlie_s_p/tf-0324.htm.

Developed by M.C. Byles in the 1930’s, this heirloom tomato remains very much in demand in the Mid-Atlantic states. Mr. Byles, affectionately known as "Radiator Charlie" earned his nickname from the radiator repair business he opened at the foot of a steep hill on which trucks would often overheat. Radiator Charlie, who had no formal education or plant breeding experience, created this legendary tomato by cross-breeding four of the largest tomatoes he was able to find and developed a stable variety after six years of pollination and selection. He then sold his heirloom tomato plants for one dollar each (in the 1940’s) and paid off the six thousand dollar mortgage on his house in six years. It is said that each spring, gardeners drove as far as 200 miles to buy Charlie’s seedling tomatoes. The large, slightly flattened, pink-red fruits that range from 1 pound to more than 3 pounds, are meaty, very flavorful and have few tomato seeds.

After not getting tomatoes for the last 2 years, I figured this time I might as well get a huge one.  Go big or go home, right?

Orange container  - Super 100

This is variety of cherry tomato that Emily's parents like the best.  When we head to their house at the right time, there were at least 60 tomatoes on the plant at one time, and we just ate a handful each time we walked by the plant, multiple times a day.  

Green container (1) - Patio tomato

This is one of the ones we tried last year, and it is short and stubby, but does produce quite a few tomatoes, so I figured it was worth another try...

Green container (2) - Better Boy

I picked this up this weekend and Home Depot, but have not planted it yet.  This one is Bobe and Zade's favorite, and it has grown like crazy the last two years.  Maybe this year we will get to taste it :)

Lavender - We bought two types of lavender at the Farmers Market and transplanted them both into the herb garden

Radishes - Sowed a second set of radishes into the bean patch.  No picture yet, but in the next post I'll show a picture of the radishes that were planted on March 26th.