Save the Tomatoes, Save the Date!

What is better on a hot summer day than lush, juicy home grown tomatoes? I’ve started a couple dozen from seed, but I always like to get a few "ringers" to fill out my selection. I have been looking for a place that carries more than the usual suspects, and recently came across this fabulous local source: The Denver Tomato Farm is a new venture between urban farmers Carolyne Janssen & Tracy Weil, who specialize in the cultivation and preservation of organic heirloom tomatoes.

Their goal is to grow and sell a variety of heirloom tomato plants in the spring as well as selling the produce grown at Janssen’s plots at her Capital Hill home and Weil’s plot located at the Weilworks art compound. Both plots are completely organic. Janssen and Weil are heirloom hobbyists, not commercial growers.

This year they have 42 varieties, including Cherokee Purple, Oxheart, Tigerella and  Snow White Cherry. They are collaborating with the GrowHaus in Denver to start more than 1,000 seedlings!

Plant and produce sales will be held at Weilworks, 3611 Chestnut Place in the fabulous River North Art District (otherwise known as RiNo).

The two day sale will be Saturday, May 1st 2010 from 10am – 3pm & Sunday, May 2nd from 10am – 1pm at Weilworks, $5 per plant.

Don’t miss it. I sure won’t!

–Elaine St. Louis