In most of the country they come from the windowsill; but Christmas tomatoes are one of the real rewards of gardening. They don’t count if they come from the grocery store. We don’t have Christmas tomatoes this year. The deer feasted on tomato vines and our harvest was almost nil. At the end of the season when the frost was coming and the vines were being pulled, there was only 2 green tomatoes. This was mid November and they ripened and were gobbled down quickly.
We do have tomatoes growing well in the greenhouse. They are planted in an indoor raised bed. We are holding out hope for Easter tomatoes. All of the greenhouse plants are doing pretty well. The garden is still producing kale, mustard, turnips and arugula. The cold weather has slowed them down a little; but the frost has really made them tender.
The newer plantings of spinach, creasy greens and onions from seed are growing very, very slow. The radishes are doing well; but the carrots and beets have not even sprouted. The onions from sets are really doing well. We are picking from one group and another group is almost ready to pick.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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