Gardening

You're not kidding about their height. Ours is already almost four feet and trying to produce.

We can get German Johnsons and other heirlooms at the farmers' market. Occasionally our chain grocer even has heirlooms. But the farmers' ones are never refrigerated. You can't trust the grocery stores. I've returned tomatoes that my husband brings home cold.

That's something that your grandmother made jam out of them. My mom-in-law and her family always had their 'tomato butter' in stock year round. Mom would come with a bushel of tomatoes at a time during the best of season. She gifted her kiddos with this delight.

My paternal grandmother [Baba] had peach, Italian plum trees and a wonderful Queen Anne cherry tree where we lived with her. She'd put up peaches, cherries, red stewed tomatoes and pickled green ones every year. Them cherries-- hoo boy!

All the best!

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