You say pincushions, I say centerpiece

I don't really buy tomatoes out of season. I use a lot of canned tomatoes, and I buy cherry or grape tomatoes because as far as my palate is concerned, they taste the same all year round. But offseason tomatoes in general taste terrible to me. The other day my spring fever was so strong that I made a tomato/corn/avocado salad to share with friends and the tomatoes I bought were beautiful and round and red and when I cut them open to seed them, the seeds and pulp just stayed there until I dug it all out with a spoon (good ripe summer tomatoes, you cut them open and they just gush). And they tasted like styrofoam. Yuck.

I'm salivating for real tomatoes, and they're months away. I was looking for something else entirely and I found these instructions to make tomato pincushions, and headed straight to the scrap basket. Each tomato only took a few minutes to make, and the sewing ability required is strictly grade school. They look great on the table in a silver-plated fruit basket I found for fifty cents at a garage sale this weekend. I can almost taste them.

This year we're probably going to grow some tomatoes, although the bulk of the tomatoes we buy will still come from local vendors at the farmer's market. That garage sale on Saturday also yielded a barely-used food dehydrator, and I'd like to try my hand at making my own sun-dried tomatoes from start to finish, packing them in oil and seasoning them with my own herbs. I don't even like sun-dried tomatoes, I just want to try it.

Comments

[Grammy]

So, are you planting a garden? I think you should but I don't know where you will plant it.

[Auntie Nancy]

Plant it in containers! some tomatoes do very well in containers and you can take them in if the weather starts to get too cold. and if you have a very sunny window or grow lights you can have garden and tomatoes almost year around. You can even hang them upside down in a bag and grow them hanging. If herbs can grow so can tomatoes. and really store bought tomatoes just dont cut it. if you want i can send you directions. Your uncle Bill and I just love plants and planting. It is my favorite thing to do. I wish I had a greenhouse. I loved working at the one in MN. Love, Auntie N

[patti]

There's no worry about space for a garden here. We've got some room.

[J]

Those upside down tomato growing contraptions actually have excellent reviews on amazon.

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