"Tomatoes Anonymous"

[Old chef]

Folks in the Northeast:

Have you noticed the season getting a little bit chillier ? Production starting to dwindle? The time it takes to harvest is now minimal? Sauce can be made in the smaller pots. You have saved all the seeds you need for years.

Are you getting a bit jittery? Too much time on your hands?

Well, I have the answer!!!

Shall we consider starting a new National Organization- Tomatoes Anonymous- People in the south can me mentors to us Northerners in withdrawal. We could all have online meetings about how insane it is to grow 30-50 varieties or more. How this obsession with this friggin fruit has changed our lives and family.

It could be a great symbiotic cycle! We would even help those Southerners.

We all could send pictures of dirty hands to each other, piles of trimmings from pruned plants, the mess left close to the shed, that we were supposed to pick up, etc.

It could make the absence of the smell of tomato leaves, green fingers and overripe fruit less painful.

Any thoughts?

My Name is Old Chef and I am a Tomatoholic