ENTRY FOURTEEN HUNDRED & ONE.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:49:08 GMT

Picture by Mary.

Good Morning to you.

I hope that you are feeling good today, I really am myself, because I have those tomatoes where they belong. Now I am waiting for them to do their part.

I will have more to add to this during the morning as things come in, as an old friend of mine says,"Just hang in there."

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BYE BYE DAD.

Sending all my love to you. Now you smile for me. DAD

If all is well I hope to see you early in the morning. I will have tea and coffee ready.

ENTRY # FOURTEEN HUNDRED.

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:54:41 GMT

Good Morning.

I am hapy and smiling this morning, because we did get the tomatoes in the ground yesterday, Every thing went well, we had some extra good workers to help us. Jim and his son Keven where with us all day.

Picture by Mary.

Picture by Dad.

Winter Tomato Blues? Turn to Cherry Tomatoes

By Michelle Fabio

If you’re out of a zone where tomatoes are in season or where this year’s crop isn’t living up to expectations, you may be lamenting the loss of your beloved tomatoes in your diet.

And although you may be used to heirlooms or Romas for different recipes, there’s another option.

The small one that can pack a flavor punch—the cherry tomato.

Cherry tomatoes are more widely available year-round as they produce and ripen throughout the year, even though, yes, the height of their season is in summer and early autumn just like their larger brethren.

But if you can find some of these little guys, don’t be afraid to pick up a bunch and experiment. Some types are sweeter while others are more acidic; with a just a little playing around you can figure out which would be best for your salads, which cook down well in a sauce, and which would go great on a homemade pizza.

There’s just no need to ever be without a tasty tomato, so do be creative.

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BYE BYE DAD.

Sending my love to all of you.

If all is well I hope to see you early in the morning. I will have tea and coffee ready.

ENTRY # THIRTEEN HUNDRED & NINETY NINE.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:14:13 GMT

Good Morning.

I don't have very much for this page this early in the morning, but I will have as the day goes on. I am happy and smiling because today is the day that we are gettin those tomatoes in the ground , We will keep ypo posted with pictures letting you watch then grow from the day that we set the out untill you see a big red tomato, Watch for the Album. Here is the link to it, and it will be begining today, DAD'S TOMATO GARDEN PICTURE ALBUM look it over now.

Rose picture by Vicki.

( If you have the time please view the three pages today. DAD )

Dad's Tomato Garden .) ( Information to help in producing tomatoes.)

Dad's Songbird and Rose Garden ( Get the name of your state bird.)

Dad's Fried Green Tomatoes ( Watch Dad fry green tomatoes.)

These three links above might be of some help to you, during the tomato season, please look at them often. DAD...

These 3 web pages can be read in 8 different languages, so wherever you live you can read about Dad, and ask him about tomato problems that you may have. There is no charge for this, just a big smile from you will be enough for me Dad.

SMILES FOR DAD-PHOTO ALBUM.. <AHREF="HTTP: target="_top" SmilesForDad02? TomatoJournalman picasaweb.google.com>

Be surethat you use the slide show when you view this album, you will have a much better view, Dad.

To see the smiles that Nancy is working on click on the link above, why not send yours on in to old DAD. Smiles are appreciated from all ages, I love smilesfrom the elderly. DAD...

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BYE BYE DAD.

Sending my love to all of you.

If all is well I hope to see you early in the morning. I will have tea and coffee ready.

ENTRY # THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY SIX

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:09:05 GMT

Good Morning.

Today is saturday so I am getting this spot ready for what may come in today, I will be popping up when I have something to tell you. DAD.

Can You Sleep When the Wind Blows?

Look at the above and think it over.

( If you have the time please view the three pages today. DAD )

Dad's Tomato Garden .) ( Information to help in producing tomatoes.)

Dad's Songbird and Rose Garden ( Get the name of your state bird.)

Dad's Fried Green Tomatoes ( Watch Dad fry green tomatoes.)

These three links above might be of some help to you, during the tomato season, please look at them often. DAD...

SMILES FOR DAD-PHOTO ALBUM..

Be surethat you use the slide show when you view this album, you will have a much better view, Dad.

To see the smiles that Nancy is working on click on the link above, why not send yours on in to old DAD. Smiles are appreciated from all ages, I love smilesfrom the elderly. DAD...

Now tell me did that not bring a little smile to your face, seeing others smile do help us to do the same.

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BYE BYE DAD.

Sending my love to all of you.

If all is well I hope to see you monday morning. I will have tea and coffee ready.

ENTRY # THIRTEEN HUNDRED & NINETY SIX

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:20:26 GMT

Good Morning

I had to come on over here this morning, too much for one page. I hope that all is well at your house.

http://tennesseegrandaddy

Be sure and check on Jim, he might make you laugh. Dad.

TOMATOMANIA BY SCOTT ---This is good lookit over.DAD

The Chicken Chronicle ( New ) This is good look if you can.. Dad.

Here is my thought for today.

" Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty."

From Job chapter 5 verse 17.

DAD'S TOMATO GARDEN PICTURE

Picture by Kelly...

I am not going to say Bye Bye yet. Some other things may come in, I am holding this space for that. DAD

This video is from DIY FATHER

ENTRY # THIRTEEN HUNDRED & EIGHTY SIX

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:28:05 GMT

Good Morning.

I hope that all is well at your house, and that you have a nice quite weekend. That is what Mary and I are planning on doing. Our sunday morning meeting and then lunch and a restful afternoon at home.

Posted on 11 December 2007 by tomatocasual

Winter Tomato Blues? Turn to Cherry Tomatoes

By Michelle Fabio

If you’re out of a zone where tomatoes are in season or where this year’s crop isn’t living up to expectations, you may be lamenting the loss of your beloved tomatoes in your diet.

And although you may be used to heirlooms or Romas for different recipes, there’s another option.

There’s just no need to ever be without a tasty tomato, so do be creative.

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SUN Gene Gives Tomato Its Shape

Tags: gene, shape and varieties

By Michelle Fabio

Ever wonder why cherry tomatoes are small and round while Romas are long and oval-shaped?

Crop scientists at Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) did, and through studies “identified one key candidate gene that was turned on at high levels in the tomato varieties carrying the elongated fruit type, while the gene was turned off in round fruit.”

They named that gene SUN after the “Sun 1642” type of tomato, which looks like a Roma with a pointy end.

According to Esther van der Knaap, the lead researcher in the study, tomatoes “are the model in this emerging field of fruit morphology studies.” This is because of their unique evolution from a small,round shape in the wild into the hundreds if not thousands of varieties today.

After identifying one gene that was “turned on” at high levels in elongated fruit by “turned off” in round varieties, the researchers tested their theory that this was responsible for fruit shape by conducting plant transformation experiments.

Indeed, when the gene was “knocked out” of the plants normally bearing elongated fruit, the resulting fruit was round, and when the gene was introduced in round-fruit bearing plants, the new tomatoes were elongated.

What does this mean for us in the real world?

Besides allowing for new hybrids and also assurance that some tomato breeds won’t die out, perhaps you could soon order your very own designer tomatoes?

Source: Crop Scientists Discover Gene That Controls Fruit Shape

We are working on our tomato picture album for the 2008 crop, we will show as we did last year the progress of theplants from day one untill I am eating a good home grown tomato sandwich, It will start the day the first plant is in the ground. Watch for it. DAD.

Tomato Slice 2005

Have You Started Your Tomato Seeds Yet?

Tags: growing and seeds

By Michelle Fabio

Here at Tomato Casual, we’ve talked before about when you should start sowing your tomato seeds, and now the time is finally here (if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, of course).

As a reminder, the most important date you need to know is the expected date of the last frost in your area.

Your plants should be ready to be planted outside about two to three weeks after that, which means that you’ll want to start your seeds Read the rest of this entry »

Here is something below that I hope all of you tomatoe growers will see, its about frost and freeze dates in the U.S.

http://www.almanac.com/garden/frostus.php

ENTRY # THIRTEEN HUNDRED & EIGHTY FIVE

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:19:59 GMT

By ERIC SHACKLE, in Sydney, Australia

Good Morning.

I have gone after a cup of that good coffee, I will be right back and I will be smiling. See what did I tell you.

http://www.cherubsradiodisney.com/

This links above and below are interesting,

http://www.naturesweettomatoes.com/

Picture by Dad.

http://diyfather.com/ This is interesting today and every day.

http://www.nps.gov/grsm/photosmultimedia/index.htm

Above the Great Smoky Mountains.

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BYE BYE DAD.

Sending my love to all of you.

If all is well I hope to see you in the early morning.

ENTRY # THIRTEEN HUNDRED & EIGHTY FOUR

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:13:14 GMT

By ERIC SHACKLE, in Sydney, Australia

Good Morning.

Picture by Burpee.

Holiday Book Recommendations for Tomato Gardeners: Part II

Tags: books and gardening

By Michelle Fabio

As the holiday season creeps up on us, you may be looking for the perfect gift for the tomato gardener in your life. There are plenty of books out there on how to garden and we told you about them in Part I, but here are three books written for gardeners by gardeners with firsthand tales of their tomato trials and tribulations:

• The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander

Lauded by Publishers Weekly as a “hilarious horticultural memoir,” The $64 Tomato recounts Alexander’s experience with growing a vegetable garden and orchard in the Hudson Valley. As a telling example of how things went for Alexander, he begins his journey organically-obsessed but ends up covering his entire propertyin pesticides when he finds himself in a battle against just about everything he comes across.

Your favorite tomato gardener may just find solace in Alexander’s own troubles—and humor dealing with them.

• Blithe Tomato by Mike Madison

Madison is a subsistence farmer in California with more than 20 years experience in the local farmers’ market scene. Blithe Tomato is a collection of essays on Madison’s experiences. Although some readers were distracted by Madison’s expressions about politics, Publishers Weekly states that:

“Redemption lies in essays about aspects inherent to the life of a small farmer: a love of nature, a sense of pleasure in one’s work and an intrinsic connection to the earth and all living things.”

For those who believe in eating fresh and local, this book could be a perfect choice.

• It’s a Long Road to a Tomato: Tales of an Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big City for the (Not So) Simple Life by Keith Stewart

Keith Stewart is a staple at New York City’s Union Square Greenmarket, but his life didn’t start out on the tomato-growing path. Two decades ago, Stewart was a corporate executive who decided to leave the city for farm-living in Orange County,NY. Now Stewart is famous for some of his special crops, including heirloom tomatoes.

In It’s a Long Road to a Tomato, Stewart shares his feelings, knowledge, philosophy, and humor in a series of essays that could inspire anyone to pursue a life-changing decision—especially if it involves tomatoes.

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Tomatomania Hits Southern California

Tags: event, seeds and Tomatomania

By Michelle Fabio

Tomatomania, the world’s largest tomato seedling sale, kicked off the weekend of March 29-30 in Encinitas, California.

What started out as a once-a-year event 18 years ago has now stretched into a 6-week affair with stops in Encino, Sonoma, Beverly Hills, Arcadia, and even an East Coast trip to Litchfield, Connecticut.

This seed-buying event has consistently offered tomato connoisseurs Read the rest of this entry »

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BYE BYE DAD.

Sending my love to all of you.

If all is well I hope to see you in the early morning.

ENTRY # THIRTEEN HUNDRED & EIGHTY THREE.

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:17:05 GMT

Picture by Dad.

Good Morning.

How are you this day ? Good i hope, I am and I am ready to go get'em. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and we will get started.

Tomato Casual Answers Reader’s Question: What’s Up With My Tomato Juice?

Tags: tomato juice

By Amelia Tucker

A reader asks (see “share your tomato questions link in sidebar) what could have happened to his tomato juice.

He made some home made tomato juice and added it to his store bought juice. The next morning the entire product was very thick.

He wondered if it was safe to drink and what could have caused the thickening.

My first thought was that yes, it was safe to drink, provided it didn’t get warmed for the evening (Bloody Mary’s-anything could have happened) and started to ferment then put back in the fridge.

You can tell this by an odor that smells somewhat yeasty.

Tomatoes are quick to mold and when juiced, even faster. Tiny bubbles will occur-without vigorous stirring or blending. It is pretty obvious when some of these things occur.

When in doubt, dump is a good motto.

As for why it thickened like that, I would bet that because part of the homemade tomato juice settled, the tomato parts were not suspended with thickeners like a store bought juice would have been and they simply settled to the bottom of the container.

When the homemade and store juice was originally mixed together, the percentage of water from the homemade version was poured out as the mixture was used while the solid bits, although fine particles, were settling the whole time.

By morning, they would have created a much thicker product.

That is my guess, anyone else want to take a stab at it?

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BYE BYE DAD.

Sending my love to all of you.

If all is well I hope to see you in the early morning.

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ENTRY # THIRTEEN HUNDRED & EIGHTY TWO..

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:31:24 GMT

TUESDAY MORNING APRIL 1 2008.

GOOD MORNING.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE DAY ? WELL I AM SO COME ON AND HELP ME WORK A LITTLE AROUND THE TOMATO GARDEN, IT'S FUN.

The two pictures below are from Gardening made easy.

Cherry Tomato Compote Wins You Say Tomato Recipe Contest

Tags: compote, contest and recipe

By Michelle Fabio

Lakeisha Germany-Ross, a 17-year-old 11th grader at Connections High School in Panaewa, Hawaii, won first prize in Hamakua Springs Country Farm’s You Say Tomato Recipe Contest for Hawaii Community College students.

The winning dish?

Cherry tomato compote served over a mascarpone, cream cheese, and citrus zest budino (pudding in Italian).

Germany-Ross cooked cherry and beefsteak tomatoes slowly in a sugar Read the rest of this entry » about this receip that won.

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BYE BYE DAD.

Sending my love to all of you.

If all is well I hope to see you in the early morning.

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