Totally Tomatoes – Totally Crazy!

January 17, 2011 by Blake

Well here we are, mid-January and the seed order from Totally Tomatoes has arrived. This year we will be trying something a bit different in the garden. We will be growing a few varieties of tomatoes here, but most of the tomato growing is going to take place at a friends place in the country where the garden space is HUGE! We will be planting our peppers, squash, and cukes out there as well. In town here, because the garden is fairly shaded during the heat of summer we will be growing mostly vegetables for salad and stir-frying. Things like spicy Arugula again, and Bok Choy, Pak Choy, Chinese Greens, Chinese Long Beans, and herbs in a wide variety. And of course, the afore mentioned tomatoes. The in-town varieties will be mostly smaller tomatoes, yellow pears, and cherry tomatoes for salads.

I love Totally Tomatoes and if you have not done business with them, I can attest that they know their tomatoes and have more varieties than any other seed catalog I have seen. A couple of the new ones I will be trying this year are the “stuffers.” These are cool tomatoes shaped like a bell pepper and mostly hollow for stuffing – with salad, or what ever you can imagine! We purchased 30 varieties of tomatoes, and have them starting in small pots already getting ready to set them out in early April.

The other thing that Totally Tomatoes does amazingly well is Pepper Seeds. We will be planting a dozen varieties of these as well; ranging from the traditional red and yellow bell peppers to Thai Hot.

I am so looking forward to this growing season!