texaskitty111 said:I hope someone finds it, I would try it even if bland. In a salad with mixed tomatoes, not everything has to be delicious. Some tomatoes are just pretty.
I don't know about that. I would just buy tomatoes from the grocery and not grow anything if I didn't want delicious tomatoes.
Every time I eat bland tomatoes from the store, I wonder what nutrition value is left.
During winter, I think the reason I crave food from the garden is because of taste and more vitamins than I get in the winter buying from grocers. Being in a higher zone is also my motivation for winter gardening. It would be nice to have fresh stuff with all the vitamins and taste throughout the year. I love arugula in my salads, but the arugula I bought recently didn't have any of the taste I crave. I had to look at the package several times just to make sure arugula was supposed to be in the package.
Same with three packages of oranges I bought at different times. One of the reasons I don't like oranges is because I can't grow them myself. Never had any interest in large fruit trees. But the oranges I bought only looked like oranges. They were too bland to be called oranges and I think it is really insulting to be sold stuff that normally has a distinct flavor but tasted like they put a ml or two of orange juice in it. I ate several of them before giving up on the rest. I think my days of eating oranges are over.
I don't think we had very good tomatoes last year. It is the first time I ever was tired of eating the tomatoes out of the garden before the season ended. Gave a bunch of tomatoes away and everyone else liked them. Hoping the companion plants and different varieties will make a difference this year. I didn't have any herbs in the garden last year. Also better soil and the addition of homemade compost this year.
