I try to always document this day in the year, mostly for my own reference. Then, there's also that desire to brag a little. This year, I'm not sure it qualifies as bragging, but I finally have my first ripe tomatoes. These are Sun Gold tomatoes, and they ripen very early. If you consider August to be early. Well, the point is that they ripen earlier than other varieties. Last year my first ripe one was July 23rd. The year before , it was July 17th. I posted a Sun Gold tomato salad recipe on July 20th that year. It has been a cold, wet spring in the west of the country this year. Snow packs are still high, the weather only just turned warm, and tomatoes aren't exactly getting in early. Here's a photo I took of Mt. Adams last weekend. Look at all that snow! Not that I'm complaining. It's always nice to have water. Some of my spring crops are still going strong, and I have a ton of beautiful, huge sunflowers - all volunteers. How is your garde