Authors talk about tomatoes!

Actually we gossip online about all sorts of things, but around Halloween is traditionally outdoor tomato planting time in New Zealand, so here we go. This is our front porch in January. Some years it’s a fight to get inside.

Gracie O’Neil was discovered lurking amongst the greenery chewing when she came to visit. Kendra Delugar asked about growing them last year – and absolutely outdid us! She used half a wine barrel, and she lives further north so she was always going to get hers to ripen faster. Toni Kenyon and Shirley Wine are good keen gardeners, too. Now Kristina O’Grady is asking how we get such a crop, so in case you want to try, here’s what we do.