Tomatoes

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Call it a veggie, call it a fruit, whatever you call it, tomatoes are a favorite with many people. They come in dozens of varieties, ranging from small like a cherry, to the larger ones we are familiar with. They also come in many colors. Tomatoes can be chopped into salads, served on sandwiches, fruit, boiled, cooked, made into a sauce, about anything you can imagine.

Tomatoes are also a great plant to grow, even if you have a small garden, or no garden. This past year we grew some tomatoes, and we just dug some holes in our lawn and grew them there.

Tips for growing tomatoes: Rain water is best! The tomato plants thrive on rain water, and what is even better, is if it is air temperature. Collecting the water from rain, and then soaking the tomatoes each day is a great way to take care of them. Also, as the plant grows, check all of the V sections, the part where a branch splits in two, out of the middle of that V you will often see a smaller branch coming out, pinch that out. It is good to pinch out