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Where do tomatoes come from? Fortunate tomatoes grow up in Tomato Country. Everything about the “Heartland” helps a tomato’s case: the amount of rain, the number of sunny days, the makeup of the soil, the angle of the sun, even the freeze/thaw cycle in early spring, which loosens the soil for the sake of the tender roots.
Here you can meet some people who care for our tomatoes, see how those tomatoes are doing right now and feel, we hope, very welcome.
MONTHLY UPDATE
| Temperature 70° F |
The Mission is Complete |
Sunrise
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HOW THE TOMATOES ARE DOING
The mission is complete. The spring saw the seeds emerging in the greenhouses and tender plants placed carefully into the rich soil of the Midwest. Summer witnessed the warm sunshine of a July afternoon and the tomato plants thriving as they soaked it all in and converting the rays of light into the summer delicacy we've come to look forward to each year, a red ripe fruit to remind us during the long winter of the summer we so enjoyed. And finally, the long awaited harvest season is now complete. The trees in the back ground are reflecting the autumn season as you look at the soil freshly tilled. All the left over plant material has been returned to the soil to decompose into organic material and nutrients, ready for use by the next crop. While it doesn't look like much is happening, the soil is truly alive and rebuilding its character to be even richer for the next seasons crop of Red Gold tomatoes. It just takes time. We have plenty until the promise of next spring arrives!
-Red Gold Ag Department