Tomatoes are $1 apiece at local farm stand

pamelasmithwick said:
We, as children would build a campfire and roast tomatoes on a stick until slightly charred and eat them with salt and pepper. Talk about delish. Well, to us they were amazing.
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I've never heard of roasting tomatoes on a stick but it sounds good. Next time I'm able to have a garden I'll give it a try. I know from my days in Oregon that walking out on a warm day and picking a ripe tomato, wiping it clean on your shirt and eating it with salt is more wonderful than anyone who has just had tomatoes out of a grocery store could ever imagine.
 

Sliverfox said:
This year I planted 6 tomato plants.
We put up an old orange plastic snow fence to keep the deer out.
While we were away tall grass/weeds almost smothered the plants.

I got into the patch,pulled weeds .
Raked up some of the saw dust from Hubby's firewood cutting.
Spread that around which helped keep the weeds down.

I think the sharp edges of saw dust are keeping the slugs away.
Tomatoes are slow ripening this year.
I'm watering them every other night.

We've had some to eat.
Hope to get enough to can,, may freeze the ones that are ripe now.

Vegetable or flower gardening is a year around job,,no matter where you live.
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Yes sharp edge mulch does keep bugs away
You can also use a clay based product like oil absorbent which is mined in Nevada. Not only slugs but any bug. It scratches their skin and they get infected. It works on earwigs. The ugliest insect in existence.
 

Linda said:
I've never heard of roasting tomatoes on a stick but it sounds good. Next time I'm able to have a garden I'll give it a try. I know from my days in Oregon that walking out on a warm day and picking a ripe tomato, wiping it clean on your shirt and eating it with salt is more wonderful than anyone who has just had tomatoes out of a grocery store could ever imagine.
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The tomatoes here in the stores taste of nothing, despite there being every variety you can think of .. but in Greece and Cyprus I have them every morning for breakfast when I'm there , they are so sweet and juicy they almost taste of strawberries
 
Well if the tomato was this size, I would pay $1. I have 4 small tomato plants, and I just picked this monster. It weighs 17 ounces
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