I’m very impressed by the Black Russian tomatoes. It’s only taken them a week to start shooting in their little paper pots. At the moment they’re sat by the patio doors in the dining room and the enjoying the sun, sheltered from the worst of the weather.
The growing season has officially begun on the plot as we have planted 2009′s first seeds: a dozen Black Russian tomatoes that should stand out from our regular crops.
The weather is doing a pretty good impression of winter right now, so I’m glad I was able to pick the first tomatoes this morning. The first tomatoes always feel a bit summery.
Our various salad crops are approaching readiness, and with 23 tomato plants of four different varieties to choose from we’re hoping for plenty to eat, and even more left over for another batch of chutney to see us through the winter.
It’s a year since we first started to grow our own food in the plot, and so we’re finding ourselves repeating some of the things we did around about now 12 months ago. This time around we have more idea of what we should and shouldn’t be doing, which I hope will be reflected in the weight of the crops we produce.
