Categories: General Date: 20 Apr 2011 Title: Tomatoes - do the maths.Claire wanted to grow lots of tomatoes. She DID!
Claire and her family at Campania have been enthusiastic FIMBY folks since they started to develop their property over a year ago. When we were planning the vegie garden, Claire said "I want to grow enough tomatoes so I can bottle them and not have to buy any all year". Christina thought "good intention, we'll see what happens".
It hasn't been a great tomato season generally, but Claire's place is very sunny, has good airflow, attentive tending to the garden, nettle tea, seasol, bits of fish buried in each garden . ..
See what happened in Claire's own words, below:
"I conservatively estimate I have picked 23 x 4.5kg buckets of tomatoes.