Watching your old videos missing you already. I think all these heart shaped tomatoes were trying to tell you just how much love you were about to receive.
It's 4 years later on June 13, and i always come back to this video just to remind myself of seeds i should get my hands on before they run out. This review, in particular, is the reason i grow unique tomatoes, and i couldn't be happier
i went on holiday to Greece last year, and the local markets there sold huge, ugly gnarled tomatoes, we bought some to go in a salad and MY GOD the taste was gorgeous and the texture was like biting into an amazing steak so we kept some seeds and have planted them back home and they've actually started growing! got some huge monsters growing! can't wait for them to ripen up, people don't know what they're missing when all they try are supermarket tomatoes :D
I have never liked fresh tomatoes. I will eat salsa, spaghetti sauce and the like, but fresh tomatoes? Nah. This is until I came across your channel. You talked about how the homegrown fruits taste better. Well this year I grew some tomatoes in containers on my patio and my life has been changed. I actually like them! So thanks for that. 💚
I was like you, until I was about 10 years old. a neighbor girl said lets jump this fence, and steal a tomato. We did, and had a salt shaker. I`ve been hooked ever since ! My parents never had a garden.
@thecasualhiker I haven't tried fried green tomatoes yet! But now that we have moved to our new property, I'm planning our late summer/fall garden and allotting a good bit of space for tomatoes. So I see some fried green tomatoes in my future. 😉
Whenever I’m missing my garden, I watch harvest videos. Your videos are my favorite and soothe my impatient and uneasy heart. When I started watching your videos last year, they inspired me to take the first step for the vegetable garden that I was too intimidated to start. It was exhausting to prepare the tiny 10x 20 plot of land, tilling the soil, removing the vast network of weeds, and amending the soil, but it helped to pull me out of my depression for the time that I had my garden. I can’t remember if it was you or another RUclips gardener that said “in your first year of gardening, you harvest wisdom and a snack for later” but it was pretty true. While it was a bit disappointing that I wasn’t able to harvest as I’d hoped, I still felt a sense of gratitude for the experience and connection I felt with the plants and with the happiness I hadn’t known for a while, so in my own way, I was still successful. This past fall/winter has been heavy on my heart, but as I sowed my tomato seeds in their seed starter pots, I haven’t been able to stop feeling like myself, the version of myself that loves reading, learning, connecting with people, exercising. I don’t know if you’ll read this, but thank you, Jessica. Your videos have inspired and liberated me.
Jess, I just want to say that " this is why you are so awesome " !! , and even more Awesome today in 2024 !!!! We gardeners learn from your archive posts and you are true , inspirational , strong, admirable and well-rounded as well as detailed in your garden journey ! We love walking along on your garden-road journey through time and space.
This is what we do here in northern Minnesota when stung by a bee or wasp. Right away, get a fresh onion and cut it in half. You want the onion to be juicy. Put this on the sting area and within minutes the sting will go away and you will not swell up from the bite. Of course if you have allergies to bees disregard this. This amazes me even now. Love your video and all your tomatoes 🍅
Jess these videos where you high light the varieties are my favorite videos that you produce. I have not nearly the space you have available so it REALLY helps inspire me and teaches me about varieties that I may experiment with in my planting next year in my little garden🌱🌹❤️ I liken it to a ZOO of tomatoes. Get to see exotic varieties from all over the world! Thank you for sharing !
Thanks for sharing your love for gardening it really helps me to garden with joy. Btw I’m 13 and I learned gardening with your videos! Thank you sow much !
Jess, do you have a video already on how you core the tomatoes and freeze them and make a sauce? I would love to at least see how you prep them to freeze :)
I too would love to see how Jess cores the tomatoes! When I search, I find examples of removing all the seeds and everything! It didn't sound like that is what she meant since that wouldn't save very much time. Please Jess, let us know how you do that! I watch everything you and your family produces - I'm hooked! Thank you for all you give to us! :-)
I’ve been watching your videos for a few weeks now. I’m so grateful for you. You’re like a breath of fresh air. You’ve made this “shelter in place” enjoyable and I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you so much and god bless you and your family.
It's super nice to have someone actually review different heirlooms outside of what the seed catalogs claim. I don't have the space to experiment much. Baker Creek has been hit-and-miss for me, but their Blueberry cherry variety has not only been a prolific, fruit-filled plant, it's been reseeding itself in random places (even in clay and gravel around the pots) every year. I've not had much luck with other varieties in containers.
I have been dehydrating the orange roussollini this season because the plants have been producing so well. It’s like eating candy. I will definitely plant them again. Your baskets of tomatoes are BEAUTIFUL!!
I’m so amazed that your tomato crop is about done... and I have 38 tomato plants full of green tomatoes and not one ripe one yet. 😆 I’ll ship you some in August if you send me one now. I’m dying for my first tomato sandwich!! 🥰
And same for me in SoCal/10a. I've had a few grape/cherry tomatoes and a couple of regular tomatoes ripen but there are simply DOZENS of green tomatoes on my plants teasing me.
My tomatoes are just starting to grow. Just started flowering. Nova Scotia had a very cold wet spring so things are just getting off the ground. Plus I'm disabled so I'm a bit behind everyone else here probably too. Lol
I am right there with you, I only have about 12 tomato plants with lots of green tomatoes, but nothing to harvest just yet... maybe in the next couple of weeks, I am so jealous thou lol
Tied2TheTube Do you shade them? I’m in Cali zone 9 and only have 2 tomatoes from about 20 indeterminate plants. Turns out tomatoes don’t set fruit when it’s above mid 90s. Next year I either shade or just do determinantes.
This year has been terrible for growing tomatoes, the winter was to long then rain a lot then the heat was thrown at us in the 90! so the plants didnt have enough time to put a lot of flores, if they did they are not ripening, solution? SHADE YOUR TOMATOES,,! My plants are full of fungus, so Im done, here in texas we also deal with stink bugs in june, july, august..... so even if I shade, they get pierced. So, Im trying to save my plants, but my Lord please have mercy of us! its HOT
That thumbnail: it's such a joy to see your wide smile of excitement over tomatoes. I personally hate tomatoes, it's the only thing I dont eat. I'm not picky at all about food. But your enthusiasm makes me a lover of them, not to eat though, just to watch about. Your genuine love for what you do is infectious. Thanks for getting us back into gardening after a 2+years of having given it up.ypure a life saver
Maybe you will like them if you eat them on a sandwich with sugar on them. That is what my grandmother told me they did when they tried tomatoes for the first time when she was young. They didn't like them either :-)
This was like walking around with a friend. I've grown tomatoes for years, but I am learning so much, and I love your farm, and you just seem like a fun kind of person. And I like yellow tomatoes too, but Arkansas Travelers are my favorites, because they're exactly the right size and I love the flavor and pinkish red color. But I still enjoyed listening to your opinions and seeing the 'maters in your beautiful garden.
Jess- have you ever grown SAN MARZANO tomatoes? minimal seeds, lots of flesh and skins easily removed. They are my spaghetti sauce makers! Plants grow 6' tall and fruits are enormous!
We've also had a TON of giant tomatoes this year. We also planted late this year because of continuous flooding for weeks on end, so they still have another month or so left in them before they start slowing down. But even our cherry tomatoes are huge; some of them have gotten to the size of a half dollar. It's a crazy year for tomatoes.
Do you grow Rutgers? They are my favorite overall usage eater and canner, but my favorite is always the Green Zebras. You grow some tomatoes that I do, but checking your critique helps decide new varieties for me. Laughing about Stuffing tomato, because a gentleman was bragging about them, and now I see them thru you...not going to grow them! Thanks!
Amiga ...i have nothing but respect for u girl...i hope this year i could have at least 13 succesful heirloom tomatoes plants, but you should know that you have inspired me to 😊😊have more heirlooms. Dios te bendiga amiga.
You are an awesome woman/ person ! I've been gardeners nag for my 3rd summer now, back to eden method- basically self taught (RUclips) i pray to Jesus I find so one like u to start a new garden/life with someday - start a family. Was close to suicide in march but with all these beautify crops to grow/ harvest to reap I just couldn't give up hope.- praise God! Keep up the great work- south jersey salutes you
I love that your garden loves you so much it sends you heart after heart! Even in this harsh year for gardening. Not to mention the wonderful and wholesome boys you have raised! I hope your and yours continue to be blessed with such massive harvests and much much more. Thanks for sharing so freely. I've switched over completely to only canning up my tomatoes and tomato products AFTER freezing them! During the heat and activity of summer, it helps me to not feel so pressured to keep up with them. I can concentrate of putting away a lot of other things that can't wait. Once things cool down and slow down I can get those tomatoes out and finish processing them. The frozen tomatoes are also great if I want to make a cold gazpacho soup. I LOVE how the skins almost jump off the fruit. Thanks for reviewing all those different varieties! Saves me trying them out in shifts, since I have less space for them than you do. That "Get Stuffed" one is so cool and odd! Disappointing that it doesn't taste as cool as it looks, but maybe that will be improved at some point. We like stuffed peppers around here, and having a great stuffing tomato would be fun. I grew some of the "Creole" and love them for processing. Most of them ripened about the same time and same size, which makes it easy to get them all done together. I'm definitely trying the Wapsi-whatsit Peach next year, based on your review. I have not tried any of the matte or fuzzy ones yet. Hubs likes a sweeter/less acidic tomato, so maybe those will be nice for him. I will also try the TripL Crop. And the Terracotta! So many varieties, so little space. And time! The Robeson is also one of my personal faves. Good tasting tomato for me, if my water situation is good. Otherwise they crack badly for me. Oxhearts are my all-time faves. I love the flavor, the texture (even as a fresh eating fruit), and their usefulness for sauce and paste. I've had some HUGE ones, and often in pairs. The pairs are so frequent that we actually call them "bull's balls". I know, sorry, that is crass. But I've been saving seeds from my plants forever, and I think they may even be their own variety by now. And that is actually what they look like.
Beautiful Jess, you inspire me to get into my garden. Because of you I wake up every day excited to get up and out. Its winter down under right now but I am using the time to prepare for a brilliant spring.
Love this overview of tomato varieties with your opinions on them. It can be hard to decide what to get when looking at seed catalogs, so having someone's experiences along with the catalogs helps.
Im like a kid in a candy store when I see a notification for a new video from you. Your videos relax me and are my favorite part of the week. Thank you.
Heat, storms, and a wasp sting! Thank you for your persistence in making this video. I LOOOVED seeing all the different varieties you grow. Here in zone 4a I am growing Green Zebra, Mountain Princess, Indigo Rose, Matt's Wild Cherry, Principe, Cherokee Purple, and a Pineapple tomato (that I purchased because of your vlogs). Looking forward to trying some more yellow varieties next year.
Thank you for this video Jessie. I live in Cave Creek,AZ and I actually got a late start this year on my garden (which is just adding challenges to an already challenged area to grow). But shocking to me and despite all the struggles I’ve already encountered I have tomatoes and veggies growing but not ready to harvest yet. (Had 2 zucchini’s so far since June, lol). So watching you harvest helps keep me motivated and helps my “jonesing” for some fresh harvested veggies. Seeing your accomplishments and watching your videos are really teaching me a lot. I hope to go back to blogging about my little desert homestead and speak to those who suffer challenges in zone 9 and 9b. I feel I’m definitely racking in the experience from wildlife to pests to extremes in temps. Thanks for motivating me to press on!
My hubz and I lived in an Airstream in an RV park for 7 years. He made me planter boxes all along the front side of Rosie (the Airstream) and also made me a trellis with a garden area. I had LOTS of melons, squash, tomatoes, zucchini and a few other interplantings. Everything was made to be able to pickup and go, which we eventually did. Please give it a try. It is Soo rewarding.
We really need to grow together sometime. In some ways I wish I was still over in Oklahoma. I was in Osage Oklahoma off keystone lake. When you talked about planting the tomato for your dad. My grandpa's the one who got me into gardening, and all he grew was a little shed that had a bunch of pots of tomatoes. And up until he died every year there was a patio tomato. So ever since he died I had to have a patio tomato in my garden. I'm now back to 70 miles west of Las Vegas Nevada.
I always freeze ALL my tomatoes. My grandparents did the same. Thats why I do it. By the end of the year I have a freezer full of "tomato rocks". It makes processing SO much easier.
I tried the frozen trick last year, after you mentioned it. I have to say, it worked like a charm!! It was so easy and saved so many tomatoes for me. Thank you so much for this tip!! Great video and beautiful tomatoes!🍅💕
One year my little dog ate all my cucumbers and tomatoes! It's like he suddenly figured out they could be eaten and went for it LOL. I'm glad you still have lots left!
I appreciate the detailed reviews so much! After watching your tours for over a year now I am convinced to try the Amish Paste and the black beauty. What is your favorite tomato for canning and what is your favorite tomato for paste?
It’s mid January and I came across this video, I have been searching the seed catalogs. Thank you for showing your vast amount of tomato varieties with the taste testing , and pros and cons. You and someone else gave a good review for the Black beauty variety, which I thought was pretty , and so probably tasteless. I will have to give it a try.
Jess I love your videos, your love for the garden. I need a love for cooking now lol ! I’d love to spend time with you in your kitchen showing us some recipes you make from the garden to the table, please :)
You have a HUGE SELECTION of Tomatoes. LOVE your tours and your information. You REALLY need to stay updated!!! WHAT are you growing THIS YEAR!!! keep us fans updated!!! ^_^
You are an amazing source of tomato knowledge for me. It blows me away that your tomato harvest in Arkansas is almost over snd here in southern Oregon I just picked my 1st ripe tomato yesterday. The plants will continue to produce until October. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Your smile and happiness are the best ! I really like tomatoes too. Had to back up your video. Did I really see a part of a bed stead? and I did. How cool is that !
Black from Tula: the one thing i noticed and appreciated about it was that in my Ohio garden it was by far the first producer out of my tomato varieties
I was watching this from my porch and looking at my garden. Had to pause to go out and check for more green beans and found another ripe tomato. Planted Paul Robeson for the first time and the flavor is fantastic💥
Your hair up is adorable!!! You look beautiful and cool in the garden!!We live in Burney, CA, in the mountains. Our tomatoes are just setting. Patience has many virtues, right?
I’ve kinda taken a break from watching RUclips videos recently while we were selling our home and moving into our temporary one. I missed watching your videos but I love that I get to binge them all! Hi from Texas!
Thank you for taking us along on your tomato harvest, and explaining each variety. I have become intrigued with all the different varieties. Keep doing what you are doing and kicking out great informative videos.
I love seeing all of the different tomatoes. It helps me get an idea if it's something I want to try. Dr. Whyche made an appearance in my garden this year and I'm loving it.
So glad you shared the tip about freezing, it was exactly what I was looking for in your videos! I started freezing my tomatoes (I'm in Ohio and mine are just really starting to come in) but I was not coring and scoring before throwing them in the freezer, I will do that moving forward. Thank you for all the knowledge and garden love you share, you are so inspirational to me with my humble little urban garden. I am really enjoying the books you recommended recently, Grow for Flavor and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Much love to you and yours!
I'm already taking notes for next year. I love tomatoes. My boyfriend and I are the only ones in our house that eat them like it's our religion. I love a good tomato.
I love watching your videos also was that an old bed frame I saw in the garden. I was debating on putting one up for a trellis for whatever. I thought people would think I was crazy. You are my kind of gardener.
I know this video is from 2019, but I love watching these types of videos because it gives me hope for my own harvest this year... for some reason (probably multiple reasons like trying to turn a bedroom into a greenhouse and not having enough space!) I am really worried about my plants for the garden. I haven't gotten good germination from a lot of my plants and the overall health of a lot of my plants is just not where they have been in the past 😔
A much anticipated video! Thank you for all that information and taking the time to show all the varieties you grow. 😍😍 I'm in north west Massachusetts and all my tomatoes, including the cherries, are still green. Hoping for some sun golds and Tommy toes to ripen in the next week or so. And I'm getting my starter ready to bake some sourdough loaves for my first tomato sandwiches! Thank you for inspiring me every day. Love your channel so much!
Watching you eat fresh picked vegetables is sooooooo satisfying like you have no idea lmao....ahhhhhh I just want to start my garden now. Really considering on container planting since I've lost my house and reduced to an apartment now
I am now inspired to tackle my tomato planting. I'm planting Roma and Pink Brandy-wine this year.I would love to find German Queen a large pink heirloom that was a great success .
I just love to see your tomatoes and hear how well you liked them or not. Next year I really want to try the paste tomatoes.. Oxhearts seem to be a good size and flavor is consistent every year. I must admit I like the black tomatoes for eating fresh along with cherry tomatoes and orange/yellow to munch from hand. Thanks so much and I'm sorry about the wasp sting, I know that hurts like crazy. Take care and stay out of the heat as much as possible. Much love, peace and respect. Blessings
I enjoy harvesting with you and going over the different varieties and your thoughts on them. I have to laugh at myself though, because i catch my self ducking my head this way and that, trying to get a better glimpse at something that is partially obscured by leaves... lol. After listening to your opinions on different tomatoes during your many garden tours, i have gotten seeds to quite a few of the varieties that you've mentioned.... they will just have to wait until next year for me to try them.. It is just too hot and mostly dry here in south Tx.. summer gets really hot, really fast, and lasts until December sometimes..i really haven't had much luck here....🤷♀️ 'Side note:' love your hair up!
I got Thornburn's Terra cotta seeds as a bonus pack from Baker Creek. I am impressed. They produced well and I thought the flavor was really good. I will grow them again.
You inspired me to grow Kellogg's Breakfast and I love it! Also growing those delicious Armana Orange and a Yellow Jubilee. First time yellow tomato grower & I'm a true fan.
Watching your old videos missing you already. I think all these heart shaped tomatoes were trying to tell you just how much love you were about to receive.
I am watching this video for the hundredth time. I miss my tomatoes. This video gets me through the winter until growing season. Thank you!
It's 4 years later on June 13, and i always come back to this video just to remind myself of seeds i should get my hands on before they run out. This review, in particular, is the reason i grow unique tomatoes, and i couldn't be happier
This is one of my favorite kind of videos! Tomato harvests!
I don't know how many times I've watched this video and I never get tired of it.
i went on holiday to Greece last year, and the local markets there sold huge, ugly gnarled tomatoes,
we bought some to go in a salad and MY GOD the taste was gorgeous and the texture was like biting into an amazing steak
so we kept some seeds and have planted them back home and they've actually started growing!
got some huge monsters growing! can't wait for them to ripen up, people don't know what they're missing when all they try are supermarket tomatoes :D
I have never liked fresh tomatoes. I will eat salsa, spaghetti sauce and the like, but fresh tomatoes? Nah. This is until I came across your channel. You talked about how the homegrown fruits taste better. Well this year I grew some tomatoes in containers on my patio and my life has been changed. I actually like them! So thanks for that. 💚
This makes me excited for you 😀
I was like you, until I was about 10 years old. a neighbor girl said lets jump this fence, and steal a tomato. We did, and had a salt shaker. I`ve been hooked ever since ! My parents never had a garden.
@thecasualhiker I haven't tried fried green tomatoes yet! But now that we have moved to our new property, I'm planning our late summer/fall garden and allotting a good bit of space for tomatoes. So I see some fried green tomatoes in my future. 😉
I'm growing some yellow cherry tomatoes this year, they are the best I've ever had.
My favorite tomatoes are the yellow tomatoes. They have fabulous flavor.
Whenever I’m missing my garden, I watch harvest videos. Your videos are my favorite and soothe my impatient and uneasy heart. When I started watching your videos last year, they inspired me to take the first step for the vegetable garden that I was too intimidated to start. It was exhausting to prepare the tiny 10x 20 plot of land, tilling the soil, removing the vast network of weeds, and amending the soil, but it helped to pull me out of my depression for the time that I had my garden. I can’t remember if it was you or another RUclips gardener that said “in your first year of gardening, you harvest wisdom and a snack for later” but it was pretty true. While it was a bit disappointing that I wasn’t able to harvest as I’d hoped, I still felt a sense of gratitude for the experience and connection I felt with the plants and with the happiness I hadn’t known for a while, so in my own way, I was still successful. This past fall/winter has been heavy on my heart, but as I sowed my tomato seeds in their seed starter pots, I haven’t been able to stop feeling like myself, the version of myself that loves reading, learning, connecting with people, exercising. I don’t know if you’ll read this, but thank you, Jessica. Your videos have inspired and liberated me.
Jess, I just want to say that " this is why you are so awesome " !! , and even more Awesome today in 2024 !!!! We gardeners learn from your archive posts and you are true , inspirational , strong, admirable and well-rounded as well as detailed in your garden journey ! We love walking along on your garden-road journey through time and space.
that rain laughter at 18:25 is pure joy 🌧️🍅🌧️🍅🌧️🍅
This is what we do here in northern Minnesota when stung by a bee or wasp. Right away, get a fresh onion and cut it in half. You want the onion to be juicy. Put this on the sting area and within minutes the sting will go away and you will not swell up from the bite. Of course if you have allergies to bees disregard this. This amazes me even now. Love your video and all your tomatoes 🍅
I love how you can hear Bear panting as he follows you
I bought my first Heirlooms tomatoes seeds and glad to know that most of them , you grow them in your garden
Jess these videos where you high light the varieties are my favorite videos that you produce. I have not nearly the space you have available so it REALLY helps inspire me and teaches me about varieties that I may experiment with in my planting next year in my little garden🌱🌹❤️
I liken it to a ZOO of tomatoes. Get to see exotic varieties from all over the world! Thank you for sharing !
Same! I only have room for 2 plants
I love the longer videos with more detail. They are all great but it’s a nice treat when you post a longer video. Ignore that one guy 🙅🏻♀️
Thanks for sharing your love for gardening it really helps me to garden with joy. Btw I’m 13 and I learned gardening with your videos!
Thank you sow much !
Jess, do you have a video already on how you core the tomatoes and freeze them and make a sauce? I would love to at least see how you prep them to freeze :)
I too would love to see how Jess cores the tomatoes! When I search, I find examples of removing all the seeds and everything! It didn't sound like that is what she meant since that wouldn't save very much time. Please Jess, let us know how you do that! I watch everything you and your family produces - I'm hooked! Thank you for all you give to us! :-)
I would as well!
Same here Jess
She has a video, I think a few weeks back, where she explains it.
I would also!
I’ve been watching your videos for a few weeks now. I’m so grateful for you. You’re like a breath of fresh air. You’ve made this “shelter in place” enjoyable and I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you so much and god bless you and your family.
It's super nice to have someone actually review different heirlooms outside of what the seed catalogs claim. I don't have the space to experiment much. Baker Creek has been hit-and-miss for me, but their Blueberry cherry variety has not only been a prolific, fruit-filled plant, it's been reseeding itself in random places (even in clay and gravel around the pots) every year. I've not had much luck with other varieties in containers.
I love the way your garden is like 90% tomatoes, it makes me happy!
I have been dehydrating the orange roussollini this season because the plants have been producing so well. It’s like eating candy. I will definitely plant them again. Your baskets of tomatoes are BEAUTIFUL!!
It's pouring rain, I can't sleep, kinda have the blues so I decided I needed some midsummer Jessica tomato harvest to brighten my spirit 🧡
I'm glad you kept the running from the rain and hiding from the wasp in the video. Made me laugh.
God’s showing you tons of love in your tomatoes!! Can’t believe you are harvesting and Ben is AWOL
I’m so amazed that your tomato crop is about done... and I have 38 tomato plants full of green tomatoes and not one ripe one yet. 😆 I’ll ship you some in August if you send me one now. I’m dying for my first tomato sandwich!! 🥰
And same for me in SoCal/10a. I've had a few grape/cherry tomatoes and a couple of regular tomatoes ripen but there are simply DOZENS of green tomatoes on my plants teasing me.
My tomatoes are just starting to grow. Just started flowering. Nova Scotia had a very cold wet spring so things are just getting off the ground. Plus I'm disabled so I'm a bit behind everyone else here probably too. Lol
I am right there with you, I only have about 12 tomato plants with lots of green tomatoes, but nothing to harvest just yet... maybe in the next couple of weeks, I am so jealous thou lol
Tied2TheTube Do you shade them? I’m in Cali zone 9 and only have 2 tomatoes from about 20 indeterminate plants. Turns out tomatoes don’t set fruit when it’s above mid 90s. Next year I either shade or just do determinantes.
This year has been terrible for growing tomatoes, the winter was to long then rain a lot then the heat was thrown at us in the 90! so the plants didnt have enough time to put a lot of flores, if they did they are not ripening, solution? SHADE YOUR TOMATOES,,!
My plants are full of fungus, so Im done, here in texas we also deal with stink bugs in june, july, august..... so even if I shade, they get pierced. So, Im trying to save my plants, but my Lord please have mercy of us! its HOT
That thumbnail: it's such a joy to see your wide smile of excitement over tomatoes. I personally hate tomatoes, it's the only thing I dont eat. I'm not picky at all about food. But your enthusiasm makes me a lover of them, not to eat though, just to watch about. Your genuine love for what you do is infectious. Thanks for getting us back into gardening after a 2+years of having given it up.ypure a life saver
Maybe you will like them if you eat them on a sandwich with sugar on them. That is what my grandmother told me they did when they tried tomatoes for the first time when she was young. They didn't like them either :-)
I love your videos. I always feel so happy & at peace seeing your work. Your life and garden is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing & God bless💕🌱
This was like walking around with a friend. I've grown tomatoes for years, but I am learning so much, and I love your farm, and you just seem like a fun kind of person. And I like yellow tomatoes too, but Arkansas Travelers are my favorites, because they're exactly the right size and I love the flavor and pinkish red color. But I still enjoyed listening to your opinions and seeing the 'maters in your beautiful garden.
Today's Easter, and tomorrow I plant!
I'm watching your harvest videos, and can't wait to get my tomatoes in the ground!!!!!
Jess- have you ever grown SAN MARZANO tomatoes? minimal seeds, lots of flesh and skins easily removed. They are my spaghetti sauce makers! Plants grow 6' tall and fruits are enormous!
We've also had a TON of giant tomatoes this year. We also planted late this year because of continuous flooding for weeks on end, so they still have another month or so left in them before they start slowing down. But even our cherry tomatoes are huge; some of them have gotten to the size of a half dollar. It's a crazy year for tomatoes.
I've been canning for a few years now and your tomato processing tip is a game changer for me lol. So excited to put that to use this year!
Thank you for all your advice and help with gardening
Do you grow Rutgers? They are my favorite overall usage eater and canner, but my favorite is always the Green Zebras. You grow some tomatoes that I do, but checking your critique helps decide new varieties for me. Laughing about Stuffing tomato, because a gentleman was bragging about them, and now I see them thru you...not going to grow them! Thanks!
Amiga ...i have nothing but respect for u girl...i hope this year i could have at least 13 succesful heirloom tomatoes plants, but you should know that you have inspired me to 😊😊have more heirlooms. Dios te bendiga amiga.
You are an awesome woman/ person ! I've been gardeners nag for my 3rd summer now, back to eden method- basically self taught (RUclips) i pray to Jesus I find so one like u to start a new garden/life with someday - start a family. Was close to suicide in march but with all these beautify crops to grow/ harvest to reap I just couldn't give up hope.- praise God! Keep up the great work- south jersey salutes you
"Awe, I love you too stump of the world". Jess, you crack me up 😁! I love your tomato reviews.
I love your videos, thank you for putting them out and being awesome. I play them kind of in the background of life, the casual chatter helps so much.
Until I started watching your vlogs,vi had no idea there were so many varieties and colors of tomatoes! Thanks for expanding my world 😆
I love that your garden loves you so much it sends you heart after heart! Even in this harsh year for gardening. Not to mention the wonderful and wholesome boys you have raised! I hope your and yours continue to be blessed with such massive harvests and much much more. Thanks for sharing so freely.
I've switched over completely to only canning up my tomatoes and tomato products AFTER freezing them! During the heat and activity of summer, it helps me to not feel so pressured to keep up with them. I can concentrate of putting away a lot of other things that can't wait. Once things cool down and slow down I can get those tomatoes out and finish processing them. The frozen tomatoes are also great if I want to make a cold gazpacho soup. I LOVE how the skins almost jump off the fruit.
Thanks for reviewing all those different varieties! Saves me trying them out in shifts, since I have less space for them than you do. That "Get Stuffed" one is so cool and odd! Disappointing that it doesn't taste as cool as it looks, but maybe that will be improved at some point. We like stuffed peppers around here, and having a great stuffing tomato would be fun. I grew some of the "Creole" and love them for processing. Most of them ripened about the same time and same size, which makes it easy to get them all done together. I'm definitely trying the Wapsi-whatsit Peach next year, based on your review. I have not tried any of the matte or fuzzy ones yet. Hubs likes a sweeter/less acidic tomato, so maybe those will be nice for him. I will also try the TripL Crop. And the Terracotta! So many varieties, so little space. And time! The Robeson is also one of my personal faves. Good tasting tomato for me, if my water situation is good. Otherwise they crack badly for me. Oxhearts are my all-time faves. I love the flavor, the texture (even as a fresh eating fruit), and their usefulness for sauce and paste. I've had some HUGE ones, and often in pairs. The pairs are so frequent that we actually call them "bull's balls". I know, sorry, that is crass. But I've been saving seeds from my plants forever, and I think they may even be their own variety by now. And that is actually what they look like.
Thank you for the video presentation of all those different types of tomatoes. There is so much food in your garden!
Beautiful Jess, you inspire me to get into my garden. Because of you I wake up every day excited to get up and out. Its winter down under right now but I am using the time to prepare for a brilliant spring.
Love this overview of tomato varieties with your opinions on them. It can be hard to decide what to get when looking at seed catalogs, so having someone's experiences along with the catalogs helps.
I've learned more from you than any other channel. 3rd year Gardner here besides my grandmother's farm in Florida I grew up on and now live in
didn't know I could freeze fresh picked tomatoes whole! Thank you! Just starting on my homesteading journey
Im like a kid in a candy store when I see a notification for a new video from you. Your videos relax me and are my favorite part of the week. Thank you.
Your garden is full of love! 💚 ❤️ 💚
So many heirlooms! I wish I had the room!!!!! Awww. My Grandpa always grew Jet Stars so I ALWAYS grow that one for that reason.
Heat, storms, and a wasp sting! Thank you for your persistence in making this video. I LOOOVED seeing all the different varieties you grow. Here in zone 4a I am growing Green Zebra, Mountain Princess, Indigo Rose, Matt's Wild Cherry, Principe, Cherokee Purple, and a Pineapple tomato (that I purchased because of your vlogs). Looking forward to trying some more yellow varieties next year.
Thank you for this video Jessie.
I live in Cave Creek,AZ and I actually got a late start this year on my garden (which is just adding challenges to an already challenged area to grow). But shocking to me and despite all the struggles I’ve already encountered I have tomatoes and veggies growing but not ready to harvest yet. (Had 2 zucchini’s so far since June, lol). So watching you harvest helps keep me motivated and helps my “jonesing” for some fresh harvested veggies. Seeing your accomplishments and watching your videos are really teaching me a lot. I hope to go back to blogging about my little desert homestead and speak to those who suffer challenges in zone 9 and 9b. I feel I’m definitely racking in the experience from wildlife to pests to extremes in temps. Thanks for motivating me to press on!
i just have to say after seeing you run from the rain i just love your laugh. i just wish i could do more gardening but i live in a rv.
My hubz and I lived in an Airstream in an RV park for 7 years. He made me planter boxes all along the front side of Rosie (the Airstream) and also made me a trellis with a garden area. I had LOTS of melons, squash, tomatoes, zucchini and a few other interplantings. Everything was made to be able to pickup and go, which we eventually did. Please give it a try. It is Soo rewarding.
We really need to grow together sometime. In some ways I wish I was still over in Oklahoma. I was in Osage Oklahoma off keystone lake. When you talked about planting the tomato for your dad. My grandpa's the one who got me into gardening, and all he grew was a little shed that had a bunch of pots of tomatoes. And up until he died every year there was a patio tomato. So ever since he died I had to have a patio tomato in my garden. I'm now back to 70 miles west of Las Vegas Nevada.
Thank you so much for naming and describing all these tomato’s. I will be buying seeds off your suggestions!!🥰
You have such passion about what you love. It's very infectious. ☺️
I think all those heart shaped tomatoes are kisses and hugs from God for you Jess. That’s unusual to have all those.
I always freeze ALL my tomatoes. My grandparents did the same. Thats why I do it. By the end of the year I have a freezer full of "tomato rocks". It makes processing SO much easier.
That was so cute between the rain dash, the wasp and the chickens hollowing some out. Thank you.
I really appreciate the insight on the different tomatoes in your garden. Thank you 😊
I tried the frozen trick last year, after you mentioned it. I have to say, it worked like a charm!! It was so easy and saved so many tomatoes for me. Thank you so much for this tip!! Great video and beautiful tomatoes!🍅💕
I love it when you go over and describe tomato varieties. Very informative.
One year my little dog ate all my cucumbers and tomatoes! It's like he suddenly figured out they could be eaten and went for it LOL. I'm glad you still have lots left!
There is something about her smile. Just love it.
I appreciate the detailed reviews so much! After watching your tours for over a year now I am convinced to try the Amish Paste and the black beauty. What is your favorite tomato for canning and what is your favorite tomato for paste?
wow what a huge thyme plant growing underthe tomatoes! great idea for edible ground cover
Hey Jess, love the videos. Using a battery powered black Light will easily locate horn worms.
Can they be fed to the chickens?
It’s mid January and I came across this video, I have been searching the seed catalogs. Thank you for showing your vast amount of tomato varieties with the taste testing , and pros and cons. You and someone else gave a good review for the Black beauty variety, which I thought was pretty , and so probably tasteless. I will have to give it a try.
I would also really like to see how you core the tomatoes and put an x to freeze them! I loved the videos you made on canning!
Jess I love your videos, your love for the garden. I need a love for cooking now lol ! I’d love to spend time with you in your kitchen showing us some recipes you make from the garden to the table, please :)
You have a HUGE SELECTION of Tomatoes. LOVE your tours and your information. You REALLY need to stay updated!!! WHAT are you growing THIS YEAR!!! keep us fans updated!!! ^_^
You are an amazing source of tomato knowledge for me. It blows me away that your tomato harvest in Arkansas is almost over snd here in southern Oregon I just picked my 1st ripe tomato yesterday. The plants will continue to produce until October. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Your smile and happiness are the best ! I really like tomatoes too. Had to back up your video. Did I really see a part of a bed stead? and I did. How cool is that !
Black from Tula: the one thing i noticed and appreciated about it was that in my Ohio garden it was by far the first producer out of my tomato varieties
I was watching this from my porch and looking at my garden. Had to pause to go out and check for more green beans and found another ripe tomato. Planted Paul Robeson for the first time and the flavor is fantastic💥
Your hair up is adorable!!! You look beautiful and cool in the garden!!We live in Burney, CA, in the mountains. Our tomatoes are just setting. Patience has many virtues, right?
I’ve kinda taken a break from watching RUclips videos recently while we were selling our home and moving into our temporary one. I missed watching your videos but I love that I get to binge them all! Hi from Texas!
Thank you for taking us along on your tomato harvest, and explaining each variety. I have become intrigued with all the different varieties. Keep doing what you are doing and kicking out great informative videos.
I love tomatoes, I didn't realise there are so many different ones! Love your family and way of life x
I love seeing all of the different tomatoes. It helps me get an idea if it's something I want to try. Dr. Whyche made an appearance in my garden this year and I'm loving it.
Wow Great Harvest. Wrote some down to try. Enjoy your Sandwich & Peace Be With You All ☮️
You are very lovable young woman and a giver ! Good job in all you do !
Super happy you reviewed them as well! Thank you!
I just picked our first ripe tomato!😊 no idea what kind, it's one of my volunteers......
So glad you shared the tip about freezing, it was exactly what I was looking for in your videos! I started freezing my tomatoes (I'm in Ohio and mine are just really starting to come in) but I was not coring and scoring before throwing them in the freezer, I will do that moving forward. Thank you for all the knowledge and garden love you share, you are so inspirational to me with my humble little urban garden. I am really enjoying the books you recommended recently, Grow for Flavor and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Much love to you and yours!
Wow! That get stuffed tomato is so beautiful! 😍
I'm already taking notes for next year. I love tomatoes. My boyfriend and I are the only ones in our house that eat them like it's our religion. I love a good tomato.
Wow..beautiful harvest. Waiting on our 1st one to ripen here.
I’m done with non-disease resistant tomatoes. After region-wide blight and wilt, I’m going with disease resistant type only.
Great video! I really enjoy learning about all the varieties. You make me excited to be a better gardener. Thanks for posting!
I love watching your videos also was that an old bed frame I saw in the garden. I was debating on putting one up for a trellis for whatever. I thought people would think I was crazy. You are my kind of gardener.
I know this video is from 2019, but I love watching these types of videos because it gives me hope for my own harvest this year... for some reason (probably multiple reasons like trying to turn a bedroom into a greenhouse and not having enough space!) I am really worried about my plants for the garden. I haven't gotten good germination from a lot of my plants and the overall health of a lot of my plants is just not where they have been in the past 😔
A much anticipated video! Thank you for all that information and taking the time to show all the varieties you grow. 😍😍 I'm in north west Massachusetts and all my tomatoes, including the cherries, are still green. Hoping for some sun golds and Tommy toes to ripen in the next week or so. And I'm getting my starter ready to bake some sourdough loaves for my first tomato sandwiches! Thank you for inspiring me every day. Love your channel so much!
Watching you eat fresh picked vegetables is sooooooo satisfying like you have no idea lmao....ahhhhhh I just want to start my garden now. Really considering on container planting since I've lost my house and reduced to an apartment now
I am now inspired to tackle my tomato planting. I'm planting Roma and Pink Brandy-wine this year.I would love to find German Queen a large pink heirloom that was a great success .
I just love to see your tomatoes and hear how well you liked them or not. Next year I really want to try the paste tomatoes.. Oxhearts seem to be a good size and flavor is consistent every year. I must admit I like the black tomatoes for eating fresh along with cherry tomatoes and orange/yellow to munch from hand. Thanks so much and I'm sorry about the wasp sting, I know that hurts like crazy. Take care and stay out of the heat as much as possible. Much love, peace and respect. Blessings
G'day Jess, that is an awesome harvest so many different varieties. God bless you guys.
I enjoy harvesting with you and going over the different varieties and your thoughts on them. I have to laugh at myself though, because i catch my self ducking my head this way and that, trying to get a better glimpse at something that is partially obscured by leaves... lol. After listening to your opinions on different tomatoes during your many garden tours, i have gotten seeds to quite a few of the varieties that you've mentioned.... they will just have to wait until next year for me to try them.. It is just too hot and mostly dry here in south Tx.. summer gets really hot, really fast, and lasts until December sometimes..i really haven't had much luck here....🤷♀️
'Side note:' love your hair up!
Your tomatoes are awesome 🍅❤Nice rain. Almost like Florida only ours usually lasts 20 minutes then stops. ❤🙏
I got Thornburn's Terra cotta seeds as a bonus pack from Baker Creek. I am impressed. They produced well and I thought the flavor was really good. I will grow them again.
What a lovely harvest today, always enjoy your trips thru the garden, thank you have a blessed evening 😍
You inspired me to grow Kellogg's Breakfast and I love it! Also growing those delicious Armana Orange and a Yellow Jubilee. First time yellow tomato grower & I'm a true fan.