I know it hasn’t been that long since I planted my tomato plants, but it really seems like it has been taking them forever to ripen. In a quick glance I found 6 that were starting to ripen. I am also suspecting that my malakite and green zebra are probably close too, I just didn’t have time to examine them that closely.

The first two pictures are from my two sungold plants. The first one is in a pot while the other is in the ground. I can’t believe the size difference between the tomatoes. The ones on the second plant have to have at least three times the mass of the first.

And here we have the royalty of the garden, the Golden King of Siberia. The biggest one is ripening, as well as one other just behind it to the right. We’ll see how it looks tomorrow, but judging from the amount of color already it should be ready to eat in a couple of days.

Next up is another Russian, the Cosmonaut Volkov. This one was hiding on me, I was very surprised to find a flash of pink. Seems like a pretty good sized tomato, and should be ready to eat by the weekend.

The last of my ripeners (I think I just made up a new word) is a yellow pear. Next year this will be replaced with Yellow Submarine, which is supposed to have a slightly better flavor. The yellow pear plant I keep having to prune back as it tries to take over the garden.

My peppers are doing great. I am debating picking some of the jalapenos so I get some more by the end of the season, but I really want them red. I had taken a picture of my tobasco plant which is finally poking some peppers up into the air but the camera battery died while snapping the last shot. The hot hungarian wax is going crazy, peppers everywhere. If hot pepper rings weren’t so cheap I would pickle some of them. As it is I will be saving them for salsa.

The sweet chocolate finally threw a few peppers too. Hopefully I can get one or two by the end of the growing season.

The last picture is one of me standing in my tomato plants. For reference I am 6’2″ tall, and most of them are as tall as me or better. I wish my cages were 7 feet tall!