Well, the time we've waited for all year is here; it’s time to harvest tomatoes.   I want to give you just a quick word of caution when it comes to harvesting your tomatoes. As gardeners, sometimes we wait too long to harvest them. Sometimes that can be unintentional, and other times, we think that letting them stay on the vine is best.   However, if you wait too long, the tomatoes split.   This is especially true with heirloom tomatoes.   If you’re growing heirlooms it’s best to let them ripen in a cool, dark, place. Don’t be tempted to put them on a sunny window or countertop. They won't appreciate the view or the attention. Remember, heirloom tomatoes, are very fragile. The price for their fantastic flavor? Lots of TLC.    Brevities   #OTD   Today is the birthday of horticulturalist Frank Cabot who was born on this day in 1925. It’s hard to believe that we lost Frank just eight years ago. He was a tremendous gardener and we owe him a debt of gratitude for his work in founding the nonprofit The Garden Conservancy.   Cabot lived until the age of 86 and he spent his life perfecting his 20-acre English-style garden and estate.   His masterpiece garden is known as Les Quatre Vents, or the Four Winds, and it’s been in his family for over 100 years.   There's a wonderful video of an interview that Martha Stewart did with Frank. He tells about the moon bridge being a copy of a moon bridge from Seven Star Park in China. "I'm a great believer in plagiarizing. I think all gardeners are. There's no reason why one shouldn't plagiarize. Why not take someone else's good idea and adapted to one's site. This garden really represents that; it's just Ideas that were gleaned from other sources." #OTD    Today is the birthday of Andy Warhol who was born on this day in 1928   Warhol painted a series called Flowers that debuted in 1964.   This series of paintings was unique. Warhol found the original photo for it in a magazine called Modern Photography. All the canvas Warhol used for the Flowers series was square. He only painted on 24 and 48 inch canvases. In these paintings, Warhol applied his masterful use of color; making the flowers much more vibrant against their background.   Although Warhol's Flowers have been compared to Van Gogh's bouquets and Matisse's Cutouts, it seemed no one could agree what kind of blooms were featured in the Flowers. The New York Herald Tribune identified the blossoms as anemones. The Village Voice said they were nasturtiums. Other publications said they were pansies.   There was no way to really tell. The series of prints showed the same flowers over and over again in different color combinations and backgrounds.   Warhol once said,   "My fascination with letting images repeat and repeat - manifests my belief that we spend much of our lives seeing without observing.“   Warhol's Flower series is considered a likely source for the phrase "flower power" which became an anthem for the non-violence movement. Whether or not that's true, Warhol's psychedelic flowers were totally in sync with the movement.   Warhols assistant once recalled,   “When Warhol... made flowers, it reflected the urban, dark, death side of that whole flower power movement... there is a lot of depth in there.”   Warhol's inclinations aligned with the 1960's flower children. He once wished aloud:   “I think everybody should like everybody.”   My favorite Andy Warhol quote is one that gardeners will identify with. He said,  "I always notice flowers.”       #OTD   On this day in 1954 that the botanist David Fairchild passed away. He was 85 years old.   In terms of accomplishments, Fairchild hit it out of the botanical park. He was single-handedly responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 plants to the  United States; including pistachios, mangoes, dates, nectarines, soybeans, and flowering cherries.   In conducting his work, Fairchild traveled around the globe numerous times.    Without David Fairchild; the Washington Mal