Trek: Very true!
Hey.. just wanted to let you know I PURCHASED 3 tomato plants and tended them nicely, and you almost did as well as I did with your "accidental" production! I got 4 red ones before the frost hit. Shows how great your compost probably is...and what a 'brown' thumb I really have.
Next year I'll shoot for 8. Small strides

I do, however, have an entire bag full of my neighbors' tomatoes and cucumbers. If I can use them up before they go bad I'll be lucky! I have dreams of canning some day -- definitely will need a better/bigger kitchen and even one storage cabinet. But this would be a huge help vs. buying canned tomatoes and sauce, and pesto, etc, through the winter.