In Which I Embark Yet Again On A Gardening Quest

As I detailed in this post, I do not have a green thumb. 

But I have dreams, DREAMS blog readers!  I want to humble brag about how I have

too many tomatoes, bushels of zucchinis, armloads of herbs... won't someone

help me out with my harvest?

So. When it came time to order from this company:

I had one important criteria.  I wanted the description of the tomatoes to

include these crucial words:

"Heavy Yields."

I mean, take a look at the Costoluto tomatoes I grew last year:

They look pretty good, right?

But take a few steps back...

Sigh... this is the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree of tomato plants.

But things will be different this year!!

In addition to my successful Sungolds, I ordered three new tomato seeds.

(Don't be judging my nasty kitchen grout.  This isn't a housekeeping blog.)

In addition to the merits of taste, all three of these tomatoes -- Mandarin Cross, Isis Candy, and Big Beef Beefsteak Tomato -- also promise some variation of those magic words,

"HEAVY YIELDS."

So I'm hoping next year I'll have some better photos to post,

and some more tomatoes to share.

This Picture is a Lie

Just look at these fine tomatoes I grew last summer:

There's some heirlooms there, and some Sungold cherry tomatoes.

 I'll bet you think I had baskets of these.

YOU WOULD BE WRONG.

Oh, I had enough Sungolds for our summer salads.  

And full-sized tomatoes for a sandwich or two:

 

(Isn't that the tastiest grilled cheese sammie you've ever seen?  

That's homemade mozzarella, too! )

But my plans to give away bags full of tomatoes

to friends, the food bank, and even passersby did NOT happen.

And don't even ask me about the zucchini.

It's just plain embarrassing.

...

Okay, fine.

What the heck, zucchini?  What the everlovin' heck?

I thought growing zucchini was supposed to be like growing

crabgrass, or kudzu, or dandelions.

Evidently, not.

But of course I'm trying again this spring!

My virtual cart is full at Renee's Garden, and I'm armed with some new ideas.  

I'll note them here, and let y'all know the outcome!