On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 05:16:07 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:


>If you want great tomatoes, you either have to pay really high prices
>or grow your own. I'm going to plant a lot of them this year, and I'm
>going for interesting varieties. I'm ordering from these folks.
>https://www.tomatofest.com/aboutus.asp
>They are total tomato nerds, and their prices aren't too high. Sunlight
>is free, and digging in soil is mentally restorative.

I have ordered from them at times in the past. They are fine
suppliers.

I save tomato seeds from year to year from varieties that have done
well and had interesting tastes. Some varieties breed true, others
have developed into variants of their own, often with interesting
results.

I do grow a lot of cherry/smaller type fruits, too, as I live next to
150 acres of wood and get more than my fair share of predators. If I
grow smaller fruits, I generally get to keep some for harvest. Larger,
beefsteak sorts can produce few enough fruits that a bunch of
chipmunks, raccoons and groundhogs can end them altogether.

Last year I bought a small container of "heirloom" and unusual
cherries of all colors, shapes and sizes. I over ripened a dozen or so
of them, harvested the seed, and planted them in seed pots. I got some
terrific fruits as the season went on..