Tomatoes from my garden last year. |
Growing Tomatoes
- Tomatoes, Purdue Cooperative Extension
- 10 Tips for Growing Awesome Tomatoes, Organic Gardening
- All About Growing Tomatoes, Mother Earth News
by Jeanne
Tomatoes from my garden last year. |
Growing Tomatoes
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Oooh, fresh home grown tomatoes. The flavour is out of this world. We never grew them even when we had a house as we were always away on vacation when they ripened. Wish I lived near you.
After a few years of trying to grow them – too hot- too wet – not hot enough – and then worst of all the animals taking a bite out of them and leaving them to rot, I gave up and decided to go to the market. Probably for the best as I could spend my summer eating tomato sandwiches.