Today I went to Tomato Fest at the Trout Lake Farmer’s Market to buy my heirloom tomato ‘seeds’ for next year. The vendors sell tomatoes, not tomato seeds in packets, but really,  a tomato is just a delicious and colourful packet filled with of lots and lots of seeds, right? And heirlooms have grown true seed to fruit year after year, so what better way to decide what tomatoes you want in your garden the next year: buy some heirlooms tomatoes, scoop out the seeds, and chow down. If it’s a good tomato – grow more! If it sucks, then just toss the seeds in the compost.
These are the ones I’ll be testing and saving over the next few days to see which will join my most favourite of all heirlooms (some of those favs snuck into the photo even though they came from my garden: Green Zebra, Sweetheart Grape and Siletz). All this for $8.50. Hell yeah!
It seems crazy to BUY more tomatoes when this is the giant bowl I am trying to cope with today from my home garden (this is a really, really big bowl):
Ah, well, I’m sure I’ll find SOMETHING to do with them all….om nom nom nom nom..
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They look delicious! Let us know how they tasted and what seeds you’ll keep. With all this tomatoes you could make egg plant parmigiana (parmesan). It’s my favourite summer dish – easy and lots of veggies involved (erm…well… and cheese).
It’s a hard life, eh? :) I love your tomato problem! That bowl is filled with so many fantastic colours! I want to try them all! I’ve never saved my tomato seeds before. After you scoop them, do you strain with a cheese cloth? Tell me more!
Laura, I’m working on a post on seed saving for tomatoes. I’ll get in touch when I have it done.
I’m so glad I found you!!!
Awww, thanks Veronica.
Oooh, this is such a wonderful idea!! I should do this too. The black krim are gorgeous.
What a great idea. They all looks so delicious.