So I originally had a different topic to discuss today here on the show, but considering that tomatoes are basically

consuming the entirety of my life at the moment, I decided to shift directions

just a little bit. So I currently have tomatoes covering my kitchen counters.

They are desperately needing to be harvested from the garden.

They are monopolizing my to-do list.

So if you happen to find yourself in that same position right now or maybe someday you hope to find yourself in that position, well, this episode is going to be packed full of tomato goodness, So buckle up and let's roll. Welcome to

Old Fashion On Purpose. This is a show where we look at what we have left behind

as we have raced towards progress as a culture and how we can get the good pieces back into our modern lives.

And it just so happens that a big part of the good stuff that we have left behind

as industrialization has taken over is food related.

And that's one of my favorite topics, and I'm excited to get to talk about that today in the realm of tomatoes.

So why are tomatoes such a big deal to homesteaders?

Well, maybe not all homesteaders,

but I would say that most home gardeners and homesteaders,

we include a lot of space for tomatoes in our gardens and even if you don't love fresh tomatoes honestly

I don't need a lot of fresh tomatoes my family just we just don't my kids do a little bit but not a ton

But even without the fresh tomato consumption, we use a lot of tomato

sauce throughout the year. And so one of my goals for a long time has been to grow all of our tomato

products. So I'm not having to buy those at the store. And even though I live in Wyoming,

aka the Arctic, I have been able to accomplish that for quite a few years now. And so I consider myself a little bit of a lazy tomato grower.

I'm not the person you want to come to if you want to talk about the finer points of tomato

gardening if you want to talk about fancy heirloom varieties it's like down and dirty let's get this done and put the things in jars and so that's kind of my angle on the tomatoes but all of that, even though Wyoming is not hospitable to

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