Are you a gardener?

My daughter, Sarah, and I planted a few toamto plants along the house this spring, as well as a few pepper plants in my mother-in-law’s garden near Cortland.
My mother-in-law, by the way, always has a great garden, much of which she shares with us. I love her spinach salad, made with spinach and green onions straight from her sandy soil.
And I’m eagerly anticipating sweet corn from her first of several plantings.
January Wetzel shoulfd be reporting eports on Page 1A of Wednesday’s edition of The Tribune that more Hoosiers are planting fruits and vegetables this year, partly because of the rising food prices. I’d imagine part of it’s an effort to heat a healthier diet, too.
We love food out of the garden, or from the farmers market or other growers selling their bounty. In case you missed it, January wrote about the Seymour Farmers Market on Monday. You can look it up at TribTown.com.
We always had a garden growing up on the southside of Indianapolis. Pop was a fanatic about growing tomatoes, and Mom planted other vegetables.
I enjoy growing tomatoes, probably because of the connection with Pop. But I really don’t like eating them raw. Pop would eat them like an apple, straight off the vine.
However, I do like tomatoes cooked just about any way imagineable — stewed, in a sauce, in a paste, on pizza or as a soup.
Just don’t ask me to eat them raw. Something about the texture, I think.
Anyway, are you gardening? Share your stories with us online at ddavis@tribtown.com.

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