7. Start sowing seeds. After poring over seed catalogues all winter, the natural next step is to start sowing seeds once orders start arriving in the mail. Last year I picked up a seedling of Oxheart, an heirloom tomato that’s just about the tastiest I’ve tried. It grew high and wide (how was I to know it was a climber?!), and finally I had to hitch it to a trellis where it happily tried to reach the sky. Apart from some blossom end rot due to inconsistent watering on my part, the fruit was perfect and amazingly flavourful. This year, I’m planning to grow it from seed and share some of the seedlings with friends (log your requests now!). And, did I think to take a photo of my precious tomato plant? No. So, here are some links to sites with yummy pics:
- http://www.readytogrow.co.uk/seeds/p_Pink_Oxheart_Tomato.html
- http://www.reimerseeds.com/giant-oxheart-tomato.aspx
- http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/4905-product.html
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