swimming in tomatoes

wise man say, "first year gardeners always plant too many tomatoes."

this is true.  we've got far too many, we can't even give them away fast enough.  next year we will keep it to 3 plants at the most, one of which will definitely be a yellow pear.  they are positively delightful!  i just go out into the yard and eat them right off the plant.

one problem we seem to have with the tomatoes is that the skins are splitting as they ripen.  apparently this has to do with water levels, but does not negatively impact the tomatoes too dramatically.  it just makes them ugly.

the swiss chard, zucchini, eggplant, and cucumber are doing quite well.  sadly, one of the zucchini plants and most of the beans died.  next year i definitely have to put in a better support structure for the plants.