It looks like tomato season may have been cut short.
One of the high points of my summer is visiting the farmer's market on the Square for fresh, ripe tomatoes (see post below).
But an outbreak of salmonella has pulled tomatoes off of McDonald's hamburger buns, salad bars and the salsa bar at the Crazy Chicken where we got lunch today.
I'm not sure if I'm ready to play Russian Roulette with black market tomatoes, but I may rethink my plan about not setting out a few tomato plants.
My reasoning against planting this year was that for $10 I could buy enough plants, watch them grow for 8-10 weeks – carefully and surreptitiously watering them (because of the watering ban) -- and fight the birds, deer and insects for a few tomatoes.
Or I could spend $4 - $4.50 a week for enough tomatoes to last the whole week and enjoy them now.
Where did I put those tomato cages?
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