On Apr 7, 8:48*pm, Terry > wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 04:27:19 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo®
>
> > wrote:
> >> I am looking forward to about 3+ months from now, when the tomatoes
> >> will be ripe and I can make a batch of this stuff (w/lemon juice
> >> instead of lime; no accounting for (my) taste...).
>
> >> And now you've got me thinking about tomato sandwiches on toast. ARGH!
> >> How will I get through the next 100 days without 'em??
>
> >You can get rather good little 2" ones if you want to pay the big
> >bucks, but those don't quite taste like a big beefsteak.
>
> >Do you grow your own?
>
> Yup. *Have done so for the last decade or so. *Year before last was a
> wonderful harvest, last year was not so good. *I'm going to try the
> raised beds this year. *And at least one yellow tomato plant.
>
> The wife eats tomatoes but it's more like 'tolerate' than 'enjoy'. Me,
> I love 'em.

The yellows are low acid. Maybe she'll like those more. With some
folks it's the acid that turns them off. It can cause those tongue
bumps that hurt. Also, there are those who like cooked tomatoes, but
not raw. JJ Eugronus, who posted here a few times recently feels that
way. To me, high acid tomatoes, the intense red ones, are as good as
it gets. Tomatogrowers.com has good prices on seed, especially
quantity prices. I always buy tomato and chile seeds from them. This
year, I'm growing Ceylon, Matina and Juliet tomatoes, and Chichimeca
and (of course) Big Jim chilies.

We're doing a bit of raised bed in our yard. Also, our city has a
new community garden going in, and I'm in on that at ground level (bad
pun).
>
> Terry

--Bryan