I love summer tomatoes. I'm not usually the organic produce type--not because I don't value the concepts, but let's be real. Organic costs twice as much, and since I can't afford it, I prefer to stick my fingers in my ears, sing "la la la" and pretend that organic fruits and veggies can't really taste that much better. But, man oh man, I'd cross the desert and pay triple for locally grown tomatoes.
Our own 18 to-mater plants are still covered with green fruit. Hellooo?! Next year, none of this starting the seeds in March bologna. As soon as the Christmas tree comes down, up goes the plant nursery. We need strategy... logistics! The mozzarella and basil await!
Update Update Update (You read all of that a month ago-- Read down here.)
Here's a link to the Guy Clark song Moss quotes in the comments. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a free player that has the entire song, but here's a sample. The song sounds like homegrown tomatoes taste, don't it?
I think Guy gets it. (The tomato thing I mean. I have no idea about the other thing.)
Our own 18 to-mater plants are still covered with green fruit. Hellooo?! Next year, none of this starting the seeds in March bologna. As soon as the Christmas tree comes down, up goes the plant nursery. We need strategy... logistics! The mozzarella and basil await!
Update Update Update (You read all of that a month ago-- Read down here.)
Here's a link to the Guy Clark song Moss quotes in the comments. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a free player that has the entire song, but here's a sample. The song sounds like homegrown tomatoes taste, don't it?
I think Guy gets it. (The tomato thing I mean. I have no idea about the other thing.)
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Yum!
I can only refer you to the great
Guy Clark :Homegrown Tomatoes
Artist: Clark Guy
Song: Homegrown Tomatoes
Album: Keepers [LIVE]
Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
Than bacon & lettuce & homegrown tomatoes
Up in the mornin' out in the garden
Get you a ripe one don't get a hard one
Plant `em in the spring eat `em in the summer
All winter with out `em's a culinary bummer
I forget all about the sweatin' & diggin'
Everytime I go out & pick me a big one
Homegrown tomatoes homegrown tomatoes
What'd life be without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things that money can't buy
That's true love & homegrown tomatoes
You can go out to eat & that's for sure
But it's nothin' a homegrown tomato won't cure
Put `em in a salad, put `em in a stew
You can make your very own tomato juice
Eat `em with egss, eat `em with gravy
Eat `em with beans, pinto or navy
Put `em on the site put `em in the middle
Put a homegrown tomato on a hotcake griddle
If I's to change this life I lead
I'd be Johnny Tomato Seed
`Cause I know what this country needs
Homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see
When I die don't bury me
In a box in a cemetary
Out in the garden would be much better
I could be pushin' up homegrown tomatoes
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