I think I will also throw in Purple Cherokee, which was a winner in my garden two years ago.

But, I do need to give some thought to what I will grow next year. I am a firm believer in trying new things and I simply cannot just let a year go by without at least attempting to grow a new kind of tomato or two or seven.

Note the use of the word attempting. As I have mentioned before, I really suck at growing things from seeds. But, I have decided that I must give it a shot again next year, for the sake of my tomato lust. Buying tomato plants through the mail is expensive, buying tomato plant locally is boring, ergo, growing tomato plants is my only option.

From the reviews on my fellow garden bloggers websites, I have decided to try to see if I can find seeds for the following tomatoes:

• Ananas Noire
• Clementine tomato
• Sweet Golds
• Hungarian Hearts

From my looking in various tomato books, I have decided that I will also try:

• Paul Robeson
• Winsall
• Hillbilly
• Persimmon
• Sophie’s Choice
• Russian 117
• Russo Sicilian Toggeta
• Costoluto Genovese

Now wanting to grow them and finding the seeds will be two very different things. I have read that the Winsalls, though fabulously tasty are near impossible to find (if you know of a source for trading or buying, please let me know) and some of the others are tricky to find.

We will see if I can actually get them to grow from seed though. I mean heck, if these things can grow sprouting up from the ground after spending the winter outside, surely I can grow the darn things in a hyper controlled environment in my basement… that is if I can just remember to water them.

Open for trading, so show if you’ve got ‘em to trade.

Wayside Gardens has the weeping variety of the tree, which is even better. It’s $80 though. That’s normally more than I like to pay for a tree or any plant. But this would be so perfect next to my pond. I need to replace the peach tree that finally gave into the Cleveland winters this past year. I think this is the tree to do it with.