Urgent Tomato Thread!

We got some nice ones at Cotten's in freeport on 331 last week.

We got some nice ones at Cotten's in freeport on 331 last week.

thanks SCK! anything on 98?

My house in about a week.

Tell me when and where dinner is and I may give you secret info.

I ought to give the tomatoes to Toots and let her cook'em up.

My house in about a week.

careful what you say... daddy-o is a tomato fiend...you might find him rootin' around in your patch....

I trade SoWal gear for maters. ;-)

I trade SoWal gear for maters. ;-)

I will remember this.

I trade SoWal gear for maters. ;-)

How much SoWal gear for a HOME-GROWN mater? Harvested my first one this afternoon.

How much SoWal gear for a HOME-GROWN mater? Harvested my first one this afternoon.

Showoff.:roll:

Mine are growing in whiskey barrels.

mmmmmmmmmmm maters

Hop, this is a very serious matter and the most important thread ever started on this entire board. not kidding. there are no good maters in sowal. period. I don't care what people tell you. they ain't here. here is what you do.

call skunkape immediately and offer him whatever you have to offer him for a basket of creole tomatoes. he can bring them to you on his next trip back from NO. they are still in season. he brought me some. and they were the best.

maybe we need to give him a bundle of cash and ask for a few boxes.

You can have all the maters you want in July and August. Seems like they all get ripe at once and I have more than I can ever eat or give away cause everyone else in the hood has maters too.

there are no good maters in sowal. period. I don't care what people tell you. they ain't here.

:roll: They grow really well down here. You just have to plant your own, which are about 1000 times better than any gassed tomatoes which you buy at the store. ;-)

Where are my eyes and ears out there? I need some good tomatoes! Who know of a good local stand? If anyone knows of any...please shout out....i need a summer tomato fix. THANKS!

My backyard, too, later this summer. If I need to make a special trip down there for a couple of days to bring you maters, I will...(Nothing to do with my jonesing for SoWal at all; just pure love. )

p.s. As many offers as you've had for Florida maters, they ain't home maters. (Not that I miss surfing at all.)

p.s. again: Saw your baby bro tonight.

Guy Clark wrote a song about HomeGrown Tomatoes

There's nothin' in the world that I like better than
Bacon, lettuce and home grown tomatoes
Up in the morning and out in the garden
Pick you a ripe one, don't get a hard 'un
Plant 'em in the springtime eat 'em in the summer
All winter without 'em's a culinary bummer
I forget all about the sweatin' and the diggin'
Every time I go out and pick me a big'un

{Refrain}
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes
What'd life be without home grown tomatoes
There's only two things that money can't buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes

You can go out and eat 'em, that's for sure
But there's nothin' a home grown tomato won't cure
You can put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew
You can make your own, very own tomato juice
You can eat 'em with eggs, you can eat 'em with gravy
You can eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy
Put em on the side, put em on the middle
Home grown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle

{Refrain}

If I could change this life I lead
You could call me Johnny Tomato Seed
I know what this country needs
It's home grown tomatoes in every yard you see
When I die don't bury me
In a box in a cold dark cemetery
Out in the garden would be much better
Where I could be pushin' up home grown tomatoes

Oh man I can't wait. 'Mater samiches are the best.

The real question is, who loves to eat tomatoes more than my dogs? You've heard of people putting up rabbit fences around the garden? I may need to put up a dog fence around my maters.

I will be harvesting my first tomato this morning!

aren't there usually a couple Ga/Ala stands on 98?!?! ya'll aren't helping...you're just bragging...unless you're gonna offload a couple on poor ole hop... :roll:

There is usually a guy on the side of the road just east of Beach Clean car wash -- he had some excellent tomatoes, but I haven't seen him out yet. Since our tomatoes are all ripening right now, he'll probably be out in a week or so if the lack of rain hasn't decimated the tomato crops around here.

Hop, I'm making a Cotton's run this afternoon unless it rains. Would you like me to pick up some extras?

The maters (and other veggies) you get at stands now are often the same as from the grocery store unless they are in season locally. Cotton's, when they were in SoWal, only got good maters in the summer from Sand Mt. Alabama.

I had some from Cotton's last week that weren't bad. They didn't compare to the creole's, but they weren't bad. The ones I've had from Publix were mealy and bad.

Anyone have a better source?

And why, for the love of all that is holy, is there not a farmer's market in Walton County?

I had some from Cotton's last week that weren't bad. They didn't compare to the creole's, but they weren't bad. The ones I've had from Publix were mealy and bad.

Anyone have a better source?

And why, for the love of all that is holy, is there not a farmer's market in Walton County?

Kurt is right about the road side stands around here getting their produce from the same sources as the groceries. If they were vine ripened tomatoes, they wouldn't be sitting on a truck full of them sitting out in the sun. They would spoil too quickly. They are most likely harvested before they are ripened, which means they will not be nearly as sweet as homegrown maters.

The reason you cannot find a local farmers market in SoWal is because land is to pricey to grow tomatoes and potatoes on it. It is much more profitable to grow houses. It doesn't take much of a green thumb to grow maters and you can even grow them in 5 gal buckets on your porch, if you don't have a yard.