Ripe Tomatoes and summer hasn't even started yet!

When Kevin whipped out that salt shaker it brought back sweet memories. My late husband would keep a salt shaker in his glove compartment and in his tackle box. He would go fishing and hit up any roadside stand and eat. That man could eat tomatoes like no other. Kevin, you sure put a smile and a giggle on this old lady's face. I agree that there's nothing like eating a fresh tomato off the vine. Yum!

Some people are mind blowingly arrogant.trying to tell you what to do in your own garden, sorry that you have to deal with them

Thanks for the tour, update and encouragement! 😊 Watching these huge gardeners bring in the produce, and preserve, admittedly, I felt a little jealous! But, the LORD 😊 He showed me a different way of seeing things. My garden is small, and I don't get bushels of anything- yet. As I was picking my little strainer of tomatoes, a few days ago, I had the thought of weighing them, which is something I hadn't done- well because it's just a little bit. So, I weighed them. Then I wondered what would these have cost me, had I purchased them from the local grocer? I only grow heirlooms, and our store sells heirlooms. WAIT, that little bit would have been SIXTY FOUR dollars? That is when I realized, I had not been paying any attention, to anything. I would have dropped 64 bucks over the course of a couple of weeks, and not thought hard about it, because, we needed tomatoes. I have since got about 14 EXTRA half pints, for another day. So, it's true, "Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” 😊

I love how excited Kevin gets about tomatoes!!!! ME TOO!!!!!!! Everything is so beautiful!!!!!

My Daddy went outside with his salt shaker to pick tomatoes. I planted them just for him. After he died in 2000, it was years before I could grow tomatoes again. I now plant them with joy in my heart. I remember his smile as he relished those tomatoes. I do not like raw tomatoes, but I do like knowing how my food is grown. I will get overwhelmed soon, as the fruit is getting closer to harvest. I make a ton of red salsa and salsa verde, canned tomatoes... (you know, all the things) I am already roasting my peppers and freezing them for when the tomatoes and tomatillos start coming inside. Even did a batch or cowboy candy because the Hot Wax and Early Jalapeno are insanely productive! I can not wait to taste a Sugar Rush Peach (this is my third year trying to grow them, first year I was able to get any germination). I have 6 Sugar Rush Peach plants thriving in the garden.

I live in Southern Ohio, and I pulled last week first red tomato. Yay! When I was growing up, mom told we girls to go to the garden and pick two tomatoes each. She met us on the front porch with the salt shaker. 😊 We had tomato juice running to our elbows. After I was married, I would find my husband sitting on the edge of the garden with a salt shaker in hand eating cherry tomatoes. Good memories.

I just love to watch your videos ! I have been watching you for several years now and am homesteading thru you vicariously as I am not able to do this myself. My grandparents were farmers and my Mom always had a garden. You both are a breath of fresh air and a great example of God's love for us. Thank you for all you do as I do know that it is a lot of work. Hugs to you both !

This is the kind of video I watch again during our long, five-month winter. It's just so wonderful to see all that green and all that fresh food!

I am impressed at the miracles of gardening. You plant tiny seeds and these vigorous plants come on, then the harvest. Magical. I am really impressed with your beautiful plants! Great job!

I live in New York City. I started my tomato seeds from those I saved from last year in January in my living room. I put them out in early May. I already have tomatoes - not ripe - but they are there! So fulfilling!

It’s great to see the greenhouse container veggies doing so well, so early in the year.

Oh my gosh, ripe tomatoes makes my mouth water! Thanks for sharing your garden successes.

Woohoo, the salt shaker is coming out!! That's how we roll as well... Thank you for encouraging us and putting up with other ignorant comments!! Blessings ❤

Your tomatoes are beautiful! Everything looks great in your greenhouse! Your hard work is paying off! Thank you for sharing.

Your plants look beautiful. Out of the few people I watch your plants always look the best. My plants grow and I get a good harvest, but yours are way better!

Years ago, one of my daughters brought home a Dixie cup from scouts and said she had planted something in it but didn't remember what. I gave it a little drink and set it in a south window. There it was pretty much forgotten. A couple weeks or so later I noticed it and gave it another little drink, and then forgot about it again. (Still not sure what it was) After another few weeks I was sure it was a tomato plant. It was only about four inches tall, but loaded with bloom. Now it had my attention. I watched as it put tiny tomatoes on and they ripened. As I harvested them, I would measure them with a dial caliper, write it on a piece of paper and take a picture of it. (I wish I still had those pictures) Those tomatoes were so small, I actually fit 15 on a teaspoon in a single layer. I wanted to get hold of Guinness but had no idea how. Back then, not everyone had a computer like now days. When we ate them, they tasted like regular tomatoes, just not much of one.

Thanks for the great tour. Impressive results with that greenhouse. God has provided from tiny seed, but you now reap what you sow.....because you watered and loved them. Nurturing spirits do well in this world and gardens.

WOW! Everything is looking fantastic. Basil is one of my favorite herbs to grow and eat. You're going to have so many tomatoes and peppers all coming at the same time it's good you have the freeze dryer to help with preserving them. 😊

Hey Kevin I have my salt shaker in hand every time we are out in our garden. Nothing better than a fresh ripe tomato. Yawls garden is looking amazing!! God bless.

I grew a super small tomato last year called micro tom tomato from seeds that my daughter gave me as a gift. The seeds came from a catalog called Totally Tomatoes. The plants were only 6 inches or so tall and the tomatoes were maybe a third to a half the size of a grape. The plants I put in the garden were quickly overgrown by the other tomatoes. I left one indoors which produced tomatoes for a couple of months. The taste was ok, but definitely a novelty.