Considering the probs you had this year, I think your tomatoes turned out very good! They are a testament to your gardening skills. Best thing about all this is that there’s always next year! We’ve decided to turn our back yard into our “urban farmstead”, so I appreciate this taste testing & facts about the different varieties. It’s very helpful to get names of various tomatoes to try. Is there a way to encourage ripening? I’ve got tons of beautiful tomatoes, but they’ve been green since July AND August! The heavy smoke blocking out the sun for over a month delayed things. I of course regularly prune off foliage around the fruit so the sun can get to them. So that’s not the issue! Starting to worry I’ll be stuck w/only green tomatoes come October! If you have any tips/tricks to help along ripening I’d be so grateful! Thanks again for sharing your wisdom. It’s this depth of knowledge that makes me feel we can have an urban backyard farm & be successful feeding ourselves. You encourage me & many others to do this!

The first tomato you tried would make the best tomato sandwich ever! Those black cherry tomatoes are delicious.

I am amazed at how many pests and diseases that you have to deal with! With all the varieties and strains of plants that you plant! Here in the South I plant many varieties of vegetables and many other gardener friends that I know do also and we never ever have any of the problems that you are experiencing. Once in a while a little blossom end rot, or blight, I Don’t know if we are just lucky or there is something else ( climate, zone , etc..) that explains the difference in disease and pests? Any way your videos are the ABSOLUTE BEST! Absolutely love them, your voice and the way you teach/ explain the hardships/ joys of gardening are THE BEST! IT APPARENTLY PAYS TO BE A LATE BLOOMER!!!!😬

Love it when you do "taste tests", thanks for the good tomato review. Cannot believe how many tomato plants you have planted in your garden through the years, it always gives me a chuckle. :-)

Please make some compilation video? That would really be amazing to watch.

This tomatoes review is an amazing segment... Please do more review segments ?

My mouth was watering watching your taste test! Great video.

I really love okra I don't think I've seen you grow that. I made some from frozen whole okra boiled with water sweet cream butter garlic powder and Greek seasoning it was so good. I use to hate boiled okra until I cooked it that way Wow was it 👍 good

Hi Kaye! Nice detailed tomato tour from the very beginning to the harvest stage :) Thanks for letting us to join with you through Thursday Workdays!! Your harvests looks incredible and taste test is so enjoyable ;) Best wishes and lots of ♥♥♥...

Finally had time to watch your videos! Great video, I missed watching them alot...

Really enjoyed your tomato report for 2018 .

What a lovely array of tomato varieties. I only grew 5 varieties this year. We had both a rainy spring and summer. Despite that, no mildew. What is a greater challenge here is blight. We cover our ground around tomatoes with straw so the spores don't splash up on the leaves as readily. We also trim off leaves to about a 12 inch height. This simply delays it and last year I was able to harvest tomatoes through October. No such luck this year. All my vines are done for except several volunteer cherry tomatoes.

i have been watching you and so long, you encourage me to start. Only i don´t know how to start, i am to scared to fail. i have tried with a fresh tomato i bought from the store removed the seeds but after 2 weeks when i didn´t see any growth i gave up and enjoy the farming of others on you tube.

Usually tomato test testers will delicately slice a small piece of tomato off, and gingerly take a little taste. Kaye just picked up big ass hunk and rips into it! 😂😂😂

Lovely! You have a birch right there - just like in Finland where I am growing my garden :) My seedlings are just popping up and I will plant them in May. About twnty this year all in containers!

you’re encouraging me to grow more tomatoes next year, I’m getting excited thinking about it 😅

Thank you for sharing!!!

This was a great video! I particularly enjoyed the musical score. Good job! I was wondering. Do you use inoculants on your bush bean seeds?

Afternoon Kaye, now I know you probably thought I did not watch your video that you stayed up so late to get out. But, that was not case, I just had to get up very early. In fact I was drinking my coffee when you sent it out, I took the time to watch it before I left out for an appointment up in North Alabama, but could not comment at that time. So today as I am in waiting for the heat to subside, I thought I would watch it again and send you my comment to show my appreciation for all your effort. I am still amazed at all the varieties and the amount of plants you can put in such a small place. There you had 42 plants, here I have 7. But I am still clearing off this old Home Place and can only plant as spaces of ground that are cleared. I only put in 4 varieties, Patio, Goliath, Celebrity and Cherokee Purple. All but the Patio are looking so green and vibrant here and it the first week of September.For one person 7 plants will provide me with more than enough to eat and freeze before frost finally comes to Deep South Bama at the end of November. I will be putting out my transplants of 4 Beef Steak tomatoes for fall. I will grow these throughout the winter as well. Now, you inspired me to also start my You Tube channel, Deep South Bama with Mr. Tom. I also wanted to document what I did here and how I did it. My kids are not much into gardening and growing their food now, but maybe in their future they will need to and I wanted to leave them something on how Daddy did it when he was around. Also my Grandson loves to watch Grandpa ! I do it with what I have and not what I can buy. I live a frugal life and hope to share that with them. Along the way I will share stories of my past, memories and stories once forgotten. Now my videos are not nothing in comparison to yours, but I am learning and in time I do hope to improve on them. I just added some music to my latest video, because yours always have such a good relaxing feel . I listened and watched mine and today watched yours again. Well, yours is so much better musical score. I may be able to grow a veggie in gravel, but you can sure grow more in less space and make a video that inspires one as well as makes them feel at home. I know your travelling again, I sure hope someone is with you, I got to go plant out a raised bed for fall and yes I will video it. Till next time, take care, please stay safe and God Bless You. Mr. Tom

Very interesting variations and mutations! :D

You are such a treat to watch💛💛💛

Tomatoes are my favorite. Every year I hope for a great tomato harvest. That did not happen this year. Despite attempts to keep away Blight, it was awful this year which I'm sure is at least partly due to so much rain in the spring and through July. Caterpillars were the worst I have ever seen in my garden and not the pretty butterfly ones. Your tomato harvest looks gorgeous and so well deserved as you work so hard on it. Wish I was there to taste test a few, but perhaps I'll try out some of these varieties next year! Thanks for another beautiful video!

You are so pretty! Love the harvest! Must be the reason you look so youthful, eating all those fresh veggies!

All this food is making me hungry 😝

Your should try the purple bumble bee next year, great texture meatiness, very juicy and great flavor for a cherry tomato, there are also the artisan tomato which baker creek sells them or botanical interest which also sells blends of artisan tomatoes such as tiger stripes blend really recommend them

Love its!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kaye, the music you choose is an excellent choice. Question: Have you ever attempted to cross breed the tomatoes, peppers or any of your fruits and vegetables?

I never realized how much work it takes to grow food

I love!your tomatoe tasting videos! My favorite kind of videos. :) non

Very nice Tomatoes Kaye.

Tomatoes are my favourite crop, so that makes this video my favourite video of the year. We have lots of mildew too here in Bahrain. The air humidity is really high, about 60-80% range in growing season. I never grow in pots, since it's those plants that are the most susceptible to diseases, even with the best care given. I don't know your garden layout or your climate, but it's generally the lack of airflow that encourages mildew. Wood chips/sawdust help in regulating air moisture above the soil, since they have a smaller limit for water saturation and drains well, yet maintains good moisture levels. I don't know if this comment will make it to you, posting on an old video and all, but I hope it does. Also, I'm no expert, this is just my small experience. Take care dear, looking forward to your tomatoes in 2019

Nice

Is the blueberry cherry a wild boars farm? I hope so because I have some coming up in the green house. That kellogs yellow one looks like a ripe persimmon! I'm so craving fresh home grown tomatoes that I'm jealous watching this. And of course, the mystery ones are delicious lol

have you tried Amana Orange, Jaune Flame, Black Cherry, Black Prince or Black Krim? those are our faves

What a tease! The best tomato does not even have a name.

Fun video!

Kate, I just had a thought. Have you ever considered some kind of solar fan to keep air circulating around the tomato's to ward off mildew?

did you happen to save some seeds from that huge aunt rubys ?

Micchorhizal fungus is for roots. Someone selling it to you for your leaves is probably just engaging in marketing. Spray your tomato leaves with sulfer to stop powdery mildew.

Peace, love, tomatoes : ) Great video, how fun to taste so many varieties!!

Repeat watch no 20 ?

my favorite for production is the sweet million, and for taste the lemon boy. i can't get enough of the lemon boys. also, for my meaty tomatoes, i find they get kinda pasty/mushy when they are in excessive heat for a long period of time

Great video. The only thing is when you sped up the eating and arm waiving it made you look like something from a scary movie that moves at you faster than it should. Lol

Great review! I’m going out to wrangle more Milkweed n Fennel.

You are a beautiful classy lady. Love you and your tomatoes 😘

great video.. I would like to see you taste test tomatoes with Eric or your little neighbor maybe.. :) enjoy

Well done ! Food Forest Permaculture .

2020 tomato test

first tomato eaten looks like a Brandywine Red

One bite,please LOL