romano's tomatoes
When I walk my little dog every morning, there is a lovely old italian chap who brings his working pointer in for a bit of excercise and we almost always walk together and chat.
here's hoping
He is charming and always makes me laugh. He shoots, has a garden, an allotment and cooks all the time. He is in fact a retired chef. We always have long chats about food and what we were doing at the weekend and he has lead an incredibly interesting life.
Last year he gave me the most enormous italian beef tomato to dry for seeds to plant this year. It was an italian beef variety that came from his home in italy where his mama still lives.
sliced beef tomatoes
I wasn’t very hopeful after drying them as they looked a but mouldy but I thought I’d chance it. I planted them in old baked bean tins a few weeks ago and they are starting to sprout. I am hopeful that they will look as lovely as these photos when they grown on.
sprouting tomato seedlings
I have labelled them Romano’s Tomatoes and I like to think of them as being a hansome juicy italian variety just like him!
