Carolyn,
My wife and I purchased, read, studied and re-read your most
wonderful book. It has many highlighted passages and I have
used it to compile a list of plants that we want to grow in
the future.
I am a transplanted New Yorker (Levittown, Long Island) and
have been living in a suburb of Denver, Colorado since 1985.
3 years ago, we only grew those heirloom tomatoes that we
could find in the local nursery -which is not much. Before
that it was mostly hybrids.
Because of your book however, this year marks the beginning of
our journey into growing all of our heirlooms from seed. We
saved the seeds from the plants we purchased and following
your instructions fermented and dried them. We also purchased
some seeds from 2 of the vendors you mentioned in your book.
This year we have 18 different varieties and can't wait until
the harvest! We have 16 plants in 8 home made Earth Boxes,
another 9 in a raised bed that we have been composting for
many years, 7 in a new area we just opened up this year, and
15 or so in pots around our deck.
We followed your advise (and others on this site) and
purchased the lights, germinating mat, etc. and setup an area
in our basement for 'our babies'. When they got older, we
brought them upstairs and converted our dining room table into
a growing area.
We hardened off all of them and used 'Walls of Water' to get
them started. We have high winds here and they help our
plants get started...
We check them everyday and water when needed and are
definitely addicted to heirlooms now. All of this would not
have been possible without your encouragement and guidance.
Thank You so very much for writing your book!
We visit Tomatoville often and intend to contribute to it as
well. Thanks to Earl, Worth and NCTomatoMan for their wisdom.
Please, if you are even faintly considering writing another
book/field guide, please do! We want more! More varieties,
whether available commercially or not, more troubleshooting
tips for bugs, viruses, etc., We are excited about learning
about more types of tomatoes! Please, write another book!
Thanks,
Chris & Tracey
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