Originally Posted by D

I don't think he was saying you were cheating... (but did you cheat? :-P not 100% from the garden , after all?).. just that it's best to take a front-seat to all of your fresh fruit and veggies the first go-round.

And I'd have to agree - especially with your tomatoes.

The ones you buy at the grocery store generally don't hold a flame to a vine-ripened tomato.

Same thing goes with plums, peaches... and other delicate pomes. Like Libertine said: an experience unto itself, really.