Inspiration for this year

Here's what we harvested at the end of last year's season, before the last frost. I took this picture with my then-new digital Pentax, which I plan to use a lot this year. The heirloom tomato mix did really well, but I was disappointed with the yield of the paste tomatoes. I will be trying an heirloom variety this year, the Amish paste. Loved the Green Zebra's, which was my favorite, for yield and flavor. The cherry varieties always do well, and last year I kept the plants trimmed up to 6 feet...nothing like the year before, when I forgot about them come August, and they grew and cascaded back to the ground, sending new shoots everywhere.

A few pictures of how they all started...I'm still holding out another week before starting my tomatoes this year:


My seed packets from last year. Going with heirlooms this year, not using Burpee seeds although I might try to see if any leftover seeds from the heirloom mix package are still viable.


The first seedling last February...stay tuned, I will be posting this year's pictures soon.