Early tomatoes

When I first started gardening here in Maine, back in 2004, by starting seed in doors and planting out as soon as possible -- typically not until Memorial weekend -- if we were lucky we'd get a few ripe tomatoes by early September. I learned the joy of fried-green tomatoes.

The last few years tomatoes by September have been a sure thing. This year, I decided to stick to the cherries -- Matt's heirloom. I was stunned to get my first ripe tomato on August 1. It took a couple more days for the rest to start ripening, but still. 12 years and tomatoes are coming a month earlier than ever before.