Big 'maters on the horizon

We have high hopes for these robust Brandywine tomato plants. We have about 10 of these plants, which have survived the early summer heat better than most of our vegetables. I snapped this picture on Friday.


Brandywine tomatoes get big -- up to two pounds each. I plan to make my first pizza sauce using these tomatoes. 

Karen and I are not surprised to see that the golden zucchini plants are growing faster than the other plants. The sunflowers are running a close second, though. 


Notice how the zucchini leaves reach for the sun. The way they shift and turn toward the light, their leaves like cupped hands, makes me think of Scott Smith's horror novel about vines called "The Ruins."