Friday, June 13, 2025

Volunteer Taxi Tomato

Taxi is, by far, the easiest tomato variety I have ever grown. It is almost like cheating. A couple of volunteer taxi tomato plants sprouted up in the fertile garden, so I took some pictures of them. While I do love Taxi, I wish I knew of a similar red tomato variety, that did this well without putting in so much work to maintain it.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Friday, June 6, 2025

Emerald Naked-seeded Pumpkin

I grew out the Emerald Naked-Seeded Pumpkin from the Experimental Farm Network this last summer. They did fairly well until August, then succumb quickly to Powdery Mildew. I didn’t take a lot of pictures of them. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 


 

 

 

While I love eating Pumpkin seeds, saving these for seed can be quite difficult. The primary issue is that the seeds don’t dry very well and will quickly mold, if there is any humidity. I lost some of my very best seed to mold, despite working to dry them well. I would love to grow this variety again, but am not sure how I would better dry the seed for future planting.