And The Winner Is. - Page 3

kath · June 13, 2015

How nice, Worth! How exciting, Salt!!! Enjoy your book and seeds- I'm sure you will. So much fun!!

Just today a neighbor friend, who has been kind enough to commiserate with me concerning the catbirds pecking the heck out of my tomato crop last season, presented me with two fake owls to post on the corners of my garden fence AND is passing on a cold frame that someone had given to her! Like Christmas in the summer, I tell ya- what a blessing to be on the receiving end of the kind generosity of a good friend!

kath

Tracydr · June 13, 2015

Excellent choice! Congratulations Salt!
Worth-you better not be giving away stuff because you are leaving in some way!

Starlight · June 13, 2015

LittleSalt... I am so happy for you and your wife. I know you will enjoy the seeds and we all will enjoy you sharing the pictures and you trials and successes of them.

Worth... Bless your kind and generous heart.

Worth1 · June 13, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tracydr

Excellent choice! Congratulations Salt!
Worth-you better not be giving away stuff because you are leaving in some way!

Not to worry I think I know what you are getting at and suspected people might think that.
Not leaving here or in anyway else.
Just now while waiting on my cured pork loin to get to 145 I was thinking of building my smoke house.
I will have to put a concrete slab in that is around 5 feet by 5 feet to build it on.
I'm figuering for my use and a little more it will be 4'X4" wide X 12'tall.

Worth

Ed of Somis · June 14, 2015

Funny how sometimes you just stumble across a bunch of people who are really special. About 4 years ago I got involved in volunteering to help seniors get food into their homes. During those last 4 years I have met the neatest/kindest volunteers you would ever want to meet. It sure seems to me that there is also just something special about people who love to grow tomatoes (or other fruit and vegetables). I have actually noticed Worth in the past...and the way he thinks. A bit of "cowboy logic"...if you will. Somehow this whole thing does not surprise me too much. I think the young folks say something like "paying it forward". Whatever you call it...it is cool.

Douglas14 · June 14, 2015

Worth,
A very nice gesture. It's nice to see how Tomatoville is a place of comfort and enjoyment for you.

Congrats ALittleSalt! For some reason I thought you were a female, don't ask me why. Now I'll think of you as Mr. ALittleSalt.

KarenO · June 14, 2015

Enjoy your new collection Robert! Great idea Worth

KarenO

ginger2778 · June 14, 2015

Worth, what a very nice thing you did for Robert. Robert, being a genuine gentleman such as yourself deserves to be rewarded. So happy for you both.

AZGardener · June 14, 2015

That is so neat Worth! Congrats Salt! Now tell us what kinds of seed you are sending??

**carolyn137** · June 14, 2015

Outstanding generosity on your part Worth and I know how much Robert appreciates it.

But it also got me thinking about my tomato seed collection that goes back to the late 80's and quite frankly I don't really want to think about it.

5 100 place scintillation boxes with plastic screw cap scintillation vials with seeds, the boxes and vials liberated from where I was teaching at the time when they got a new scintillation counter.

I used the above until I ran out of boxes and vials in the early 90's and then switched to white invitation envelopes stored by year, alphabetically, in shoe boxes. I switched to regular small business envelopes when I ran out of empty shoe boxes and switched to other containers.

It's now 2015 and I can't tell you how many seeds I have, many many thousands to be sure since I've never thrown away one saved seed. Yes, as I'm packing seeds some will get brushed off the table and fall on the rug but I try hard not to spill diet pepsi on the rug lest they germinate.

Last Fall I called SSE and asked to have my SSE listings deleted since I no longer wanted to be a listed member, but since I'm still a long time Life Time member I get all the publications and e-mails from SSE.

I was asked if I would consider donating my tomato seed collection to SSE. Trust me, that isn't going to happen.

Sometimes I have to go through some of those old boxes/envelopes looking for specific varieties when asked, for varieties that are no longer what they should be. Tania and remy are two that have asked the most.

And when I'm going through the vials and envelopes for some varieties I can close my eyes and see where they were planted in my tomato field, even to which row.

So for me it's a wonderful trip down memory lane.

Carolyn

Dutch · June 14, 2015

Congratulations Robert (AlittleSalt)!

Excellent choice Worth (Worth1)!!!

I agree with Carolyn’s above post that it shows outstanding generosity on Worth’s part and I believe that Robert will be a great caretaker of the seeds from Worth.

Carolyn, thank you for all you have done and continue to do, in preserving the ever expanding heritage of saving tomato seeds. You are truly a legend in your own time!!!!!

Dutch

charley · June 14, 2015

Congrats salt .you got a big heart worth.love it

Worth1 · June 15, 2015

Salt your package is in the mail and should arrive at you place this Wednesday.
I will send you a PM with the tracking number.
While there I picked up my mail and paid next years post office box fee.

Worth

barefootgardener · June 15, 2015

What a wonderful and generous thing for you to do Worth!! Robert..Alittlesalt ...is truly deserving of your gift.. Congrat's!

Ginny

AlittleSalt · June 15, 2015

Thank You Worth. I just sent you a long PM.

June 14, 2015	#39
AZGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Zone 9b Phoenix,AZ Posts: 390	That is so neat Worth! Congrats Salt! Now tell us what kinds of seed you are sending?? __________________ Kelly from Phx, AZ Toes and Tomatoes on FB

June 14, 2015	#40
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Outstanding generosity on your part Worth and I know how much Robert appreciates it. But it also got me thinking about my tomato seed collection that goes back to the late 80's and quite frankly I don't really want to think about it. 5 100 place scintillation boxes with plastic screw cap scintillation vials with seeds, the boxes and vials liberated from where I was teaching at the time when they got a new scintillation counter. I used the above until I ran out of boxes and vials in the early 90's and then switched to white invitation envelopes stored by year, alphabetically, in shoe boxes. I switched to regular small business envelopes when I ran out of empty shoe boxes and switched to other containers. It's now 2015 and I can't tell you how many seeds I have, many many thousands to be sure since I've never thrown away one saved seed. Yes, as I'm packing seeds some will get brushed off the table and fall on the rug but I try hard not to spill diet pepsi on the rug lest they germinate. Last Fall I called SSE and asked to have my SSE listings deleted since I no longer wanted to be a listed member, but since I'm still a long time Life Time member I get all the publications and e-mails from SSE. I was asked if I would consider donating my tomato seed collection to SSE. Trust me, that isn't going to happen. Sometimes I have to go through some of those old boxes/envelopes looking for specific varieties when asked, for varieties that are no longer what they should be. Tania and remy are two that have asked the most. And when I'm going through the vials and envelopes for some varieties I can close my eyes and see where they were planted in my tomato field, even to which row. So for me it's a wonderful trip down memory lane. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

June 14, 2015	#41
Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	Congratulations Robert (AlittleSalt)! Excellent choice Worth (Worth1)!!! I agree with Carolyn’s above post that it shows outstanding generosity on Worth’s part and I believe that Robert will be a great caretaker of the seeds from Worth. Carolyn, thank you for all you have done and continue to do, in preserving the ever expanding heritage of saving tomato seeds. You are truly a legend in your own time!!!!! Dutch __________________ "Discretion is the better part of valor" Charles Churchill The intuitive mind is a gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. (paraphrased) Albert Einstein I come from a long line of sod busters, spanning back several centuries.

June 14, 2015	#42
charley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: copperas cove TEXAS Posts: 637	Congrats salt .you got a big heart worth.love it __________________ Great minds discuss ideas;average minds discuss events;small minds discuss people

June 13, 2015	#31
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	How nice, Worth! How exciting, Salt!!! Enjoy your book and seeds- I'm sure you will. So much fun!! Just today a neighbor friend, who has been kind enough to commiserate with me concerning the catbirds pecking the heck out of my tomato crop last season, presented me with two fake owls to post on the corners of my garden fence AND is passing on a cold frame that someone had given to her! Like Christmas in the summer, I tell ya- what a blessing to be on the receiving end of the kind generosity of a good friend! kath

June 13, 2015	#32
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Excellent choice! Congratulations Salt! Worth-you better not be giving away stuff because you are leaving in some way!

June 13, 2015	#33
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	LittleSalt... I am so happy for you and your wife. I know you will enjoy the seeds and we all will enjoy you sharing the pictures and you trials and successes of them. Worth... Bless your kind and generous heart.

June 14, 2015	#35
Ed of Somis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somis, Ca Posts: 649	Funny how sometimes you just stumble across a bunch of people who are really special. About 4 years ago I got involved in volunteering to help seniors get food into their homes. During those last 4 years I have met the neatest/kindest volunteers you would ever want to meet. It sure seems to me that there is also just something special about people who love to grow tomatoes (or other fruit and vegetables). I have actually noticed Worth in the past...and the way he thinks. A bit of "cowboy logic"...if you will. Somehow this whole thing does not surprise me too much. I think the young folks say something like "paying it forward". Whatever you call it...it is cool.

June 14, 2015	#36
Douglas14 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 602	Worth, A very nice gesture. It's nice to see how Tomatoville is a place of comfort and enjoyment for you. Congrats ALittleSalt! For some reason I thought you were a female, don't ask me why. Now I'll think of you as Mr. ALittleSalt.

June 14, 2015	#37
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Enjoy your new collection Robert! Great idea Worth KarenO

June 14, 2015	#38
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Worth, what a very nice thing you did for Robert. Robert, being a genuine gentleman such as yourself deserves to be rewarded. So happy for you both.

June 15, 2015	#43
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Salt your package is in the mail and should arrive at you place this Wednesday. I will send you a PM with the tracking number. While there I picked up my mail and paid next years post office box fee. Worth

June 15, 2015	#44
barefootgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Zone 4b Posts: 1,291	What a wonderful and generous thing for you to do Worth!! Robert..Alittlesalt ...is truly deserving of your gift.. Congrat's! Ginny

June 15, 2015	#45
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Thank You Worth. I just sent you a long PM.