Skin to seed of tomatoes – part 1

Tomato seedlings, summer 2009

This summer was my third year of growing tomatoes – in pots on my apartment porch. But it was my first successful crop. In the first two years, several disasters happened – the plants grew too tall and broke, neighbor stole the tomatoes as soon as they were vine ripe, pathetic yield, squirrels uprooted the plants while young, slugs got to them…

This year, armed with some no-nonsense growing tips, I started from seeds.