When I was a young teenager my Dad used to grow tomatoes.
Originally we lived in a big city so being an organic veg / tomato grower was something new for him, as he had never had a garden to grow things in.
It all began one day when he saw our neighbor growing tomatoes in his organic vegetable garden and he handed Dad one to taste. We didn’t know anything about organic veg in those days, but Dad must have loved the taste, because he decided to give organic veg growing a go after that.
He began growing his own tomatoes. First of all he dug over his garden bed, spread fertilizer and raked it in, then off he would go to the plant nursery. Here he would make his selection, usually six Grosse Lisse plants in a plastic container and would bring them home, give them a good watering, plant them in the tomato bed and then water them in.
He would give each one a six foot garden stake and would stand back proudly to admire his handiwork.
On returning from work each evening he would go into the garden and check if the plants needed water, tying to a stake or he would pull out any weeds that had dared to grow amongst his tomatoes in his organic veg garden.
He even got some old cow manure, put it in an old bucket, filled the bucket with water and left it for several days, stirring it up from time to time. He called this ‘Cow Tea.’ When it had been maturing for some weeks he would pour off some of the ‘tea’, dilute it with more water and carefully pour some into the soil around his tomatoes. He would do this about once a fortnight.
The plants grew to the tops of the stakes and it was a job to keep them from falling over. We had the biggest, juiciest, sweetest, ripe, rosy red tomatoes we had ever encountered. Mum had to learn to make tomato sauce, chutney, soup and all sorts of recipes to use up the huge harvest.
Dad grew the best tomatoes in our street and turned his hand to growing other organic veg as well after that. You can’t buy tomatoes in the shops these days that taste anything like those gorgeous, ripe, rosy, red tomatoes.
Dad was so proud of his efforts, he grew them every year after that. Dad was an organic veg gardener and never even knew it!
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March 7th, 2010 at 6:01 am
Organic Veg and Cow Tea – Thanks for the tip. Sounds feasible. I’m going to give it a try. Mark (Christchurch, New Zealand)
March 15th, 2010 at 8:16 am
Thanks for the reminder about adding some cow tea. Haven’t heard that for decades, but you’re right! It works a treat.
March 15th, 2010 at 8:48 am
Making cow tea is a great idea. I’m going to try it too. Keep these organic ideas coming! They’re very much appreciated. Karen
March 15th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Okay – you’ve got me sold! I’ll let you know how I go.
March 15th, 2010 at 9:00 am
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March 15th, 2010 at 9:01 am
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March 16th, 2010 at 8:33 am
hello – i just bought your book. thanks. it really interesting and its got me motivated to trying to grow my own tomatoes. see how i go. if i do ok, i’ll also try growing something else as well. james s – georgia.
March 16th, 2010 at 8:36 am
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March 16th, 2010 at 9:07 am
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March 17th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Natural is always the best way to go. Carrie
March 17th, 2010 at 9:08 am
That sounds like a good idea. Reckon I can do what you recommend. Thanks.
March 20th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Interesting.
March 21st, 2010 at 8:53 am
Gosh, wish I had found this book before I tried starting my own veg patch. Mine turned out a disaster!
March 21st, 2010 at 9:05 am
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March 21st, 2010 at 9:09 am
Loved your article – well worth the read. Thanks.
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:54 am
Hey, my grandfather used to brew his own cow tea too – maybe this is an old-fashioned English custom. Anyway, thanks for the reminder. I remember my grandfather had amazing tomatoes. Jack
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:59 am
Worth a try! Janine T.
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:35 am
At first I laughed, but then I decided to try it and got some cow manure from the meadow not far from us. I have to tell you that it really works – my tomatoes and zucchinis love it. So thanks for the great tip and it didn’t cost me any money
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March 26th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
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March 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Thank you for this interesting information.
March 28th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Okay then, I’ll start with the pots and see how I go before launching into a proper veg patch. Thanks
March 29th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Our home grown veg is a real hit with visitors who stay with us. This is so worth it. Renee.
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:00 am
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March 30th, 2010 at 8:56 am
I had started already, before I bought your book, but I wish I started with the book first. Oh well, I can still make things better and am applying some of the info from the book this weekend.
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March 31st, 2010 at 8:58 am
Okay. Why not.
March 31st, 2010 at 9:01 am
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April 2nd, 2010 at 8:23 am
No time. sorry
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:39 am
Enjoyed your article, but I probably won’t do it, because I’m too lazy.
April 4th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Good fun. Thanks. I enjoyed it.
April 4th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Got my mouth-watering, just thinking about it
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April 4th, 2010 at 8:52 am
I think this is very well worth doing, moving forward with how our world is changing.
April 5th, 2010 at 8:51 am
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April 5th, 2010 at 8:58 am
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April 6th, 2010 at 8:58 am
loved your little story. I would like to do this for my grand-daughter so thankyou for the inspiration. Emy’s Grandad
April 6th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Okay i give it a try. think i start with the pots first and be sure not i can do okay.
April 7th, 2010 at 8:44 am
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April 7th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Bloody good book. Thanks. Oh – and the veggies are coming on nicely too. Cheers
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April 7th, 2010 at 9:11 am
Thanks. I bought it, read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Now to get started!
April 8th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Hi, I don’t have much spare time, so I took your tip and started three pots, (two tomato plants and one lot of basil). And just these three have saved me a lot of money already. Thank you so much.
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April 9th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Loved your content. Makes me want to give it a try and frankly, I think I will, as anything I can grow myself, that I can add to my cooking which is natural, has definitely got me interested. JJ
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April 9th, 2010 at 9:12 am
Good reading and my first crop of tomatoes have come up deliciously – next, my wife wants me to grow things like basil and oregano to use in her cooking, so I’ll be doing that next. Thanks for a brilliant book on organic veg growing – I recommend this book very much.
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Yummm – makes me hungry just thinking about delicious, ripe, tasty, nutritious home-grown vegetables.
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I’m not really interested in gardening – my front garden makes my place look like a hippie’s humpy, but I’m tempted to try it anyway, just for the pleasure of knowing I’m going to be eating my own home-grown veggies. It’s the simple things in life – isn’t it – that make life so pleasurable.
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