After sampling some fresh tomato salsa, made from a friend’s fresh garden tomatoes, I decided on a whim to try growing tomatoes in a container on my backyard deck. Shucks, why not? It worked for flowers and other plants. Having never grown tomatoes before, I basically didn’t know what I was doing, how to do it, … Continue reading
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What my Tomatoes taught me about Investing.
I love the stock market. I love that idea that with a lot of hard work (and a lot of luck) I could possibly pay off my homeloan a little bit early. Another part of it is watching small companies realise their potential. Like the one that’s using ocean waves to create electricity. Or the … Continue reading
Beefsteak Tomato Envy
Just when I thought my tomatoes were the best on the block… Along comes my neighbor with this home grown monster. According to legend (my neighbor is the stuff of legends), the ancestor plant of this fruit was brought from Greece in the 1960’s, and grown on the same plot of suburban Melbourne dirt ever since. It was delicious to boot, … Continue reading