Some of you might remember the momotaro tomatoes I started in my bathroom this year.

At one point I thought I had lost the whole crop but they bounced back and now I can present to you a fully ripe momotaro (above).

They are beautiful tomatoes: round, medium sized and a great blend of firmness and juiciness.

Behold a sliced specimen below:

I'm not yet sure if they'll make my "must grow again" list. I am very fickle about what goes on that (so far: Brandywine, striped roman and sungold.) My only quibble with the momos is that they are slow to ripen.

I got a call from Ann Henderson of Parkland recently. She wanted to tell me about her butterbeans.

"I love butterbeans," the grandmother exclaimed to me.

For years, she was under the assumption that they wouldn't grow here. At least that's what she had been told.

But on a trip home to Mississippi she bought some beans as an experiment. The result: success.

She told me she planted a couple of rows this year (after starting them indoors) and was very pleased with the results: a bumper crop.

I haven't been to Ann's garden but she told me grows cantaloupe, watermelons, corn, collard greens, beets, carrots, cucumbers, green beans and okra. The okra and watermelon did not turn out too well, she said. But, I think that's a pretty good variety considering the summer we had.

Ann said she serves the beans with turkey, salt pork or ham.

I'll be over for dinner.