Tomatomania hits the Valley
Yep it's tomato time, all you backyard gardeners out there. I know there is a bunch of you in the Valley. A great way to save a little on your plants is Tomatomania. Is that anything like Beatlemania you might ask? I don't know it depends on how much you love your tomatoes. Actually Tomatomania is a huge seedling sale happening this weekend at Tapia Farms.
Tomatomania
April 4 to 6, 9 am to 5 pm
Tapia Brothers Farm Stand
5251 Hayvenhurst Ave. at Burbank Blvd.
Encino
There is nothing like the taste of homegrown tomatoes I have been growing my own for years. Organic of course, there is no need to use pesticides when you grow your own. Why not try something a little different this year and pick a new variety.
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Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
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I got a couple of plants at the sale. I thought they were a little pricey at $4 each, but the two I got looked good. One was a Sweet 100 -- the possums and squirrels can't possibly eat all the tomatoes this plant produces.
The other plant produces a tomato with extra lycopene -- one of the good things in tomatoes.
I've still got to get a few huge pots in which to plant them ...
But homegrown is the best because you don't have to drive anywhere to get a whole bunch of tomatoes (or whatever else you plant).