BIG OUT TO MY CREW

660 tomatoes in one hour and 45 minutes. Jacob wanted use to plant six more, just to keep farming evil. Big thank you to Claire, Cintra, Lyla, Jacob, Tim, Holly, Rob, Meg, Raph, Kara And Amy.  What great friends to come out and help us get our tomatoes in the ground, Finally. After we planted we retired to our place for some of Walt's fried chicken (banging) and some local beers and some chimney swifts. 

Later

I touched the BOSS.

WOW what a week, Tomatoes have really opened up a big world for me. 

Or southeastern Pa is becoming the next LA. I mean Sarah Reese is our gossip girl right? 

But last week I saw Danny Bonaduce at our plant sale in Chestnut Hill. 

Just watch that clip, I mean was the entire country on drugs? maybe I missed something.

Then I run into to Carson Kressley from Queer Eye, no real tomato connection, but what the F@#$.

I was going to add a link but the intro to Queer almost made me vomit.

So I am at the 110th Devon Horse show, or some horse shit like that, and I start talking to this redhead named Patty about organic heirlooms and the farm she has in Dirty Jers, Then I tell her about my 172 varieties of heirloom tomatoes I am growing, she ask me for a card, and one for her husband. so I get out 2 cards, and she is like, "you have to meet my husband" 

Yeah fucking Bruce Spingsteen. No shit, I gave him a card and shook his hand and talked to him.

He looked just like he does in this video, white 80's shirt thing goin on, not so much with bee bopping, but who has time for bee bopping any more.

Big out to Gayla

Thank You so much Allison and all my new Friends for a great day of selling plants and hanging out in such a great garden. The Spring Gardens.
I love Philly and all of its great spaces for people to grow. I able to trade some pepper plants for some really cool beans, but my spanish is shit, so I do not know much about them. But I will let you know.

   Next, if you have not been to the Chestnut Hill Garden Fest. You are missing out, not just great green vendors like the cat, but the Organic Mechanic . No he does not work on cars, he works on your soil, and as things are going, investing in your soil will have better returns then the stock market. It was a cool day, but the beers keep Mark and I warm. p.s thanks Amy and David for helping out.

The last shout out goes to Gayla of You Grow Girl, for her glowing post. The Happy Cat was very HAPPY. We went on a tour of Winterthur, had some good food at Sovana and then had Mexican ice cream. Thank you everyone. 

Well back to the dirt.

Later

Thats so Techno Viking

Motown philly going on.

3 red heads  (big D, Colleen and Amy) at the Head House

Market which started last Sunday.  When people ask me where this 

market is, I just tell motown philly is back again.  Boys to Men

                                                        What else can I say. 

Transplant season is in full swing. 

Don't miss the Tomato

Revolution at the Kennett Square 

Farmers Market this Friday! We will

also be at the Chestnut Hill Garden Fair

this Sunday. We have over 70 varieties of

tomato, pepper and eggplant. Oh yeah there

is a beer tent too.

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You grow girl is coming- shut up.

This weekend Gayla Trail will be at terrain , shut up. No for real Sat. and Sun. she will be lecturing and doing a class, so sign up soon.

I know Hillary thinks I have a man crush on Spencer, but Gayla gardens in a Joy Division t-shirt and has a tomato vine tattoo. I want a tomato vine tattoo. So check out you grow girl get inspired and come out to Terrain, Drink some Lancaster Brewing Co. beer and hear the great band Mason Porter on Sun.

oh yeah I am lecturing as well.

Maybe I will sharpie a tomato vine on my arm for the weekend.

Later

My tomatoes are 3" tall and I am talking about them already

Always with the tomatoes!

I know I know, shut up already, but for real my tomato, the one I bred, not like that I used pollen. Tim's Black Ruffles, sorry it has such a shit name, but it was just a working name until I could come up with something to honor my Grandfather, but that did not get to happen. So Gary Isben has it at Tomatofest with pictures and he says it is one of his favorites. For me it's like writing a song for the clash. WOW.  Tim's Black Ruffles (I hate that name) is also on Laurel Garza site as one of her top desert island tomato plants. Maybe Black Death, or Darth tomatovader, I mean Tim's Black Ruffles it sounds like some weird pirate shirt.

Hopefully the Obama's won't mind the bad name, I sent them seeds for their garden on the west lawn. I even put in the intro letter the Jefferson quote, "The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to it's culture." I ended that Tim's Black Ruffles (shit name or not) was my service to country and culture. My friend Hillary told that sending things to the white house might just get me a 3 hour FBI interrogation, but chances are the Fed's will be coming around sometime anyway. 

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Seed orders

Life is kind of funny, right? I mean look at the picture of those beans, Wow kind of awesome. A fantastic Pa German Red Lima that taste as good as it looks. I grow tons of these this year and added it to our seed catalog and put it on our website and our local harvest store. Nothing. Fine I will keep them all for myself. I could move into a cave and stare at these beans all day long. 

Wait till next year when no one buys my Hopi orange and blue lima beans. I can't wait. 

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