Heirloom Tomatoes .Biz

I'm just getting started, so there's not much here yet. But I'm working on stuff, so please come back soon.

*** Update: The 2010 season is over. I'll update this again when 2011 tomatoes start ripening. ***

I'm growing about 80 different varieties of heirloom tomatoes, in all kinds of sizes, shapes, and colors. They're ripening at different times, so what I have available will change from day to day.

I don't use any chemicals, pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, etc. I want my gardens to be as "natural" and healthy as possible. And I don't want to harm the environment, or the local wildlife. So I'm very careful about what I use. And I'm a vegetarian, so I like my tomatoes to be vegetarians too. So I haven't amended my soil with animal products like bone meal or blood meal. I just use minerals and recycled vegetation (compost, mulches made from weeds, twigs, grasses, etc.). If you have any questions about my growing methods, please ask.

My goal is to provide a wide variety of healthy, colorful, tasty, homegrown heirloom tomatoes at good prices. I typically price them below the local higher priced grocery stores.

So, if you're in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area (Washtenaw county), and you want some tomatoes, please leave me a message.

I needed an easy and cheap method for supporting my tomato plants last year. And I didn't have time to set anything up, before I needed to put my plants in the ground. So I developed a method, and this is my first rough draft, explaining how to do it. I'll update this with more details, and make some improvements, as I think of things.

(Update about updates: I've been meaning to finish up some sections, and add more drawings. But my new job has been taking up all of my extra time (I'm really happy to have the work, so I'm not complaining). Also, I want to explain why this works with just cheap 2x2's. But I have to get some work things caught up first. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please ask them. I'll find a way to make more time for this, if I know someone needs some questions answered. And it will help me to know what needs more explanation.)

I used this method on 4' x 14' beds last year, so I'll use that size as an example. And my plants were already growing, so I'll describe stuff with that in mind.