garden news-produce donations and why i grow tomatoes

GARDEN NEWS-PRODUCE DONATIONS AND WHY I GROW TOMATOES

in our community garden we annually grow about 5,000 pounds of organic produce that we donate on a weekly basis
twice a week we harvest and make donations to various charities
on this day we harvested this box of produce to a halfway house for men
we also donated boxes to three other different sites
a halfway house for women
a hospice for underserved patients
a homeless shelter

this box above i delivered to the mens halfway house
in the box are
lots of squash such as zucchini yellow squash tatume and trumpeta  squash
tomatoes lots of them mainly early girl and celebration and cherry tomatoes
three varieties of kale curly leaf dinosaur and a heirloom version
lots of green beans
malabar spinach
collards
lemons
peppers jalapenos poblano and bell 
herbs rosemary thyme sage and oregano

each group we donate to are thankful for the donations of fresh organic vegetables and fruits

most of the donations and grants we receive are used to make sure we can continue this service of providing this produce to those in need


each year in the winter i select tomato seeds to plant in my garden and the community garden
for my garden i plant early girl and celebration since they usually do well
i also add black krim and this year i added one called pink boar
the black krim and pink boar look similar and taste the same
i also do a sweet 100 cherry and sungold 

but the real reason i plant tomatoes 
is
to 
grow the cherokee purple
cause if the season is good and things go right
they are the best tasting tomatoes
a true sink tomato

this year several of mine are hand sized and when sliced fill up a piece of bread on a tomato sandwich

these pictured above were tasty and juicey and when i sliced them and put them on a plate at a potluck they went fast

yes i have more this size
i am not sharing them with anyone but my wife she and me
i have to keep her happy you know

so far
i have had a successful tomato harvest this year
with the peak being these cherokee purple tomatoes

yes this why i grow tomatoes

the organicgreen doctor