Today was the day!  I had about an hour all to myself this afternoon and I decided that time would best be utilized to start some more seeds.  My peppers are doing quite well, and it’s about time for the tomatoes to be on their way too.

All told, I have planted 42 tomato seeds, and at the last minute, I threw in 3 tomatillo seeds as well.  I’m very, very excited to see how the tomatillos do in the ground, as I will have the space.

Ah, space.  Yes, my gardening friends, we are moving to a garden space that has just been waiting for me.  I can’t wait!  In just over two weeks we’ll be moving in and as soon as I can get the boxes ripped open and unpacked, I’ll be digging in that wonderful dirt.

I hadn’t planned on planting 42 tomato seeds.  But I started with 8 varieties that I was also starting for my brother.  Then I went through my seed packets… I have some plants coming to me from my brother as well- a plant swap, if you will… some I planted for myself to try out and enjoy, some I planted to share.  And if any of the ones I started for my brother do not pan out, I have reserves to throw into the mix.

Without further ado, the tomato seeds I planted, listed by color (all seeds come from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds):

White: White Tomesol

Green: Green Zebra, Emerald Evergreen, and Malakite

Pink: Arkansas Traveler, Brave General, Grace Lahman’s Pink, and Manomakh’s Hat

Orange: Woodle Orange, Sungold Select II

Purple: Black From Tula, Gypsy, Ananas Noire (or Black Pineapple)

Striped: Gold Medal, Nature’s Riddle

Yellow: Golden King of Siberia, Pink Grapefruit, Golden Monarch, Roman Candle, Yellow Pear

Red: Amish Paste, Cosmonaut Volkov, Fox Cherry, Reisentraube, Valiant, German Red Strawberry

Yes, that’s a lot of tomatoes.  I have no idea how much actual space I’ll have to devote to them, so I will have to go through and prioritize, and then I’ll be passing on all the extras.