first tomatoes!

Today we are enjoying a typical Seattle summer day - 64 degrees right now on the way to 83. However, all of the real (103, with no AC anyone?) heat we've had this summer has really done wonders for our tomato crop. We picked the first cherry, grape and yellow pear tomatoes last week, and have had a nice handful for salads most nights. We are waiting for the green zebra, ivory egg, and black prince tomatoes to ripen - perhaps another week or so. The vines are pretty tall - we've had to improvise staking at the top since most of the plants are about twice as tall as our cages. Lindsey picked the first two, and is standing in front of the south window in the bottom photo.