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[Paper Roses]

1. Wow, sad to be in MA when you are elsewhere!

I'll try again this year with my little plot of tomatoes and basil. Wish you were in my neck of the woods. (PS, if my daughter was still a student at UVA, I'd come to C'ville in a flash. Thanks for all your great information.

In the good old days, my back yard was a field of veggies. My Italian grandmother would visit, trim the tomatoes to an inch of their lives. Best plants ever. The years have passed and so has the garden. I will never give up my tomatoes, other things I can buy at local markets but there is nothing like a good tomato right off the vine. Maybe a little salt, perhaps cut up w/basil, red onion, cuke, a little oil. Heaven. Add a good loaf of Italian bread. What else could I need?