I’ve been thinking about the trips we’ve taken in the past to the Carmel Tomato Fest, which hasn’t been offered for awhile now.
Those Tomato Fests were terrific. Where else could you taste 200 varieties of heirloom tomatoes? Or watch the faces of kids trying them, and based on their reactions say, “Let’s grow that one?”
I wrote about the 2007 Tomato Fest here on the blog. In Carmel that year, we went south down the Pacific Coast Highway to visit our friend Judy Lundberg at Babe Farms in Santa Maria. I told June about when I was stationed at Fort Ord and how I loved to fly down that road when I was young and invincible.
Good memories.
I LOVE tomatoes and when I asked a farmer near Hilo about tomatoes grown on the big island they told me there were hot house. My big question is can you grow tomatoes all year long in Hawaii?
thanks
Aloha Carla
Yes, we can grow tomatoes continuously.
The production is related to sun energy. More during the summer.
Aloha
You met my California friend Mary-Anne Durkee during one of your visits to the Carmel Tomato Fest…. I was planning to attend ‘the next one’ and had been invited to stay at Mary-Anne’s home during the visit when we heard the festivals were being scrapped after 14 years!!! Just my luck!
………..but what I REALLY remember and miss is our own “You Say Tomato….” contests. Those were exciting and inspiring…
Aloha Sonia
Me too! That was fun times. I loved being a judge and tasting all the entries. And, it would not have happened at all without your help.