Seeds of Deliciousness

As Nick and have talked about the garden we plan to start and things we'd like to grow, we keep coming back to tomatoes. We are concerned there will not be enough hours of sunlight for them to do well, but we are going to try anyway. He had already decided months ago that the strain we would grow was "those delicious Crossroads tomatoes". Visiting Crossroads Farm in Vermont is a family tradition, and their tomatoes are in fact scrumptious.

So at the end of our trip to Vermont last week, we bought a few Crossroads tomatoes and brought them home with us. I researched how to save tomato seeds, which involves covering the seeds and their gel (the gloop) with lukewarm water and letting them sit for a few days until the protective gel lets go of the seeds (and turns moldy). Then you rinse and let dry in a single layer on a paper plate. It was pretty easy - just hope it works! We'll find out next summer, I suppose.