A Nice Green Leaf: Dodgy Green Tomatoes

By Emma Townshend

When it's raining this much, you have to stay indoors and just plan for next year. I was talking to a nice man dressed up as a Nasa space pilot on Saturday night (I don't think his qualifications were genuine. Think you know where this is going? Remember it's Emma not Catherine Townsend.) We chatted about balcony tomato growing. See what kind of conversations I get into at parties? Sigh.

One of my best tips for astronauts (and their wives) who are confused about which type of tomato to grow next year, is the gardening blogs. In particular, Hanna of Ohio always manages to make me smile. Check out her 2007 Tomato Tastings. She tries lots of different varieties and then posts her findings in detail, with photos - which I find really helpful. Her comments are hilarious, given that we're told she's a nice American grandma: "Will Hanna grow this one again? No. The nice thing about pool boys is that they are a dime a dozen. Great for a summer fling but when you are looking for long-term tomato love, you need to find something with a little more substance."

My favourite is probably the entry relating to "Rouge D'Irak", adding "-Yes: that Iraq".  And if you want a true taste of internet bizarrerie scroll down to the possibly spurious blog comment by Joey Ballgaggio about tomato-related vomiting... If John Kennedy Toole was still alive I'd swear it was him, doing naughty posting.

Comments

[kelly]

that is absolutely disgusting! why does he go into so much detail about his vomit? it's gross

[Billy Ballsaccio]

I am glad Joey Ballgaggio went into such detail about those tomatoes. I am sure he did it to warn others of the high acid content. I admit that its gross to think of intense high volume flatulance paired with projectile vomiting, but if thats what it takes to get people to be careful then so be it.

[emma townshend]

Very true.