Tomato abundance

It's been a while since we've updated. The baby and work have kept us too busy.

But the bounty of summer has inspired me to start posting again. I've managed to plant and maintain a garden (sort of...). And it's tomato season here and this year's crop is much better (well, larger) than last:

Last year we had lots of very small, flavorful tomatoes. This year we've got some heirloom tomato plants that are going gangbusters: The tomatoes are mostly very large -- some weigh a pound apiece. There are also some other tomato plants producing smaller tomatoes.

They all taste great, and tonight we had a dinner of them tossed with basil, garlic, shallots and linguine. Two nights ago I made a sauce of them, with some diced eggplant, and we had it over polenta.

The plants themselves are so top-heavy with foliage that they look like they'll fall over. The tomatoes are mostly clustered at the bottom of the plants. Next year I have to do a better job of staking them up. You can't really tell in this picture, but the plant in the middle (background) is tipping over.