95 percent of people who are gardeners in
America grow tomatoes. This is probably
because growing, harvesting, eating and sharing
your own tomatoes provide a multitude of life-
enhancing pleasures and nourishment. Almost
anywhere you find food growing, you are likely to
find tomatoes.
I regularly share correspondence with long-time
tomato gardeners as well as soon-to-be first-time
tomato gardeners. I speak with family farmers
with lots of available land and generations of
experience, and city folks who grow tomatoes in
pots, or raised beds, on rooftops and
patios...with teams of children in schoolyard
gardens and recently with an old-timer planting
his last tomato garden before leaving this earth.
What they all had in common was their
passionate appreciation for growing their own
delicious tomatoes and the contribution of
gardening to the quality of their life.
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