What Ever Happened to the Earlier Tomatovillians?

[Redbaron]

Originally Posted by Blueaussi

I'm not an old olbie, but I posted a lot for awhile; then life got busy, and I didn't post for several years. This spring I was talking to a co-worker foolish enough to ask me a tomato question, and I noticed that glazed look with eyes jerking involuntarily towards the clock.

I thought maaaaybeeee I should go talk to people who _ like_ talking about tomatoes...

I have seen that glazed look many times. I never give up. Occasionally it sticks.

[feldon30]

Originally Posted by Dewayne mater

It is sad when we lose what I consider to be luminaries like an early founder Suze from Bastrop, Tx. Her advice, methods, garden pictures and seed sharing were absolutely critical in getting me from a clueless city boy who liked tomatoes to being a full fledged tomatoholic and reasonably successful heirloom grower. I miss her and others.

Not to detract from the thread, but I did want to comment on this.

I too miss Suze and her contributions to gardening and this site in particular. I miss our long talks and occasional visits to trade seeds, sample varieties, strolling through garden centers, and of course co-hosting SETTFest. I still talk to her a couple of times a year on the phone and she's completely gotten away tomatoes and made a lot of health-related changes in her life which I hope work out for her. I do hope some day she'll come back.

[BigVanVader]

Originally Posted by Blueaussi

I'm not an old olbie, but I posted a lot for awhile; then life got busy, and I didn't post for several years. This spring I was talking to a co-worker foolish enough to ask me a tomato question, and I noticed that glazed look with eyes jerking involuntarily towards the clock.

I thought maaaaybeeee I should go talk to people who _ like_ talking about tomatoes...

Ahh yes the I know this look well and I wonder too why others don't find it interesting. My wife's mom was remarking on my tomato plants and ask about my HJBs, when I told her they were a blue tomato she said "I thought all tomatoes were red" Then when I started explaining how the antho was bred into it etc she quickly changed the subject.

Blueaussi I see you live in SC, may I ask what part? Maybe we could swap some seeds/plants and talk maters sometime.

[creister]

I've been wanting to ask about two people and that is Bully and Gimmie Three. It was Gimmie Three who emailed me and invited me to join here, and I am glad he did.

[NarnianGarden]

Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Ahh yes the I know this look well and I wonder too why others don't find it interesting. My wife's mom was remarking on my tomato plants and ask about my HJBs, when I told her they were a blue tomato she said "I thought all tomatoes were red" Then when I started explaining how the antho was bred into it etc she quickly changed the subject.

A confession: when I wrote an e-mail to my professor some weeks ago, I included a detailed description of some of the tomatoes I'm growing this year. This is a person with extended knowledge of European / Russian / world history, and I thought he might find etimology of different varieties interesting.
For some reason, he never mentioned anything about the tomato part
It probably went down under my all round insanity. poor professors are paid to bear patiently when their students go wild

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by feldon30

Not to detract from the thread, but I did want to comment on this.

I too miss Suze and her contributions to gardening and this site in particular. I miss our long talks and occasional visits to trade seeds, sample varieties, strolling through garden centers, and of course co-hosting SETTFest. I still talk to her a couple of times a year on the phone and she's completely gotten away tomatoes and made a lot of health-related changes in her life which I hope work out for her. I do hope some day she'll come back.

It's not a detraction for me and I'm very glad you posted what you did b'c for many years we were very good friends and she called me, and me her, several times a WEEK.

I'm especially glad to hear that she made a lot of health-related changes in her life as well which I too hope they not only work out well for her, but more so will be permanent changes.

Carolyn

[tam91]

Originally Posted by feldon30

Not to detract from the thread, but I did want to comment on this.

I too miss Suze and her contributions to gardening and this site in particular. I miss our long talks and occasional visits to trade seeds, sample varieties, strolling through garden centers, and of course co-hosting SETTFest. I still talk to her a couple of times a year on the phone and she's completely gotten away tomatoes and made a lot of health-related changes in her life which I hope work out for her. I do hope some day she'll come back.

Oh I too miss Suze. She gave me some of the first Captain Lucky seeds - and that still might be my favorite tomato. I'm glad she is doing well.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by creister

I've been wanting to ask about two people and that is Bully and Gimmie Three. It was Gimmie Three who emailed me and invited me to join here, and I am glad he did.

Bully joined in Jan of 2006 and last visited Nov 18th, 2013 And he did post a lot but I think I remember that there were some not nice things happening with his personal life and some personal changes, but I didn't take the time to go back and try to confirm that.

Gimme3 also joined in Jan of 2006 and was only here for two years and last visited Aug 17, 2008.

Carolyn, just noting that Mischka first opened Tville in Jan, 2006

[barefootgardener]

I miss a number of TVillian's also. Dice contributed a lot when he was here. He has not posted in a quite a while. Hope he is doing well.

Ginny

[rnewste]

"dcarch" and "Brazos Valley Gardener" always had very interesting perspectives on their growing approaches. Wonder how both of them are doing.....

Raybo

[Blueaussi]

Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Blueaussi I see you live in SC, may I ask what part? Maybe we could swap some seeds/plants and talk maters sometime.

I'm down around Columbia, and I work at USC. Talking maters sounds great, but I will confess I am not the world's greatest seed saver. I'll be glad to swap what I have, though.

We seem to be building up a fair number of South Carolinians in Tomatoville. Maybe this would be a good year to encourage folks to head to Little Mountain for Splatt. i spoke with Rodger at the Midlands Flower Festival, and he is very busy; but he is still planning on holding the tomato tasting.

[peebee]

What a coincidence that I was thinking about the older members I miss too! It always saddened me to hear if someone passed on, but to NOT hear anything, just silence, worries me more. Especially when a member used to actively post, then nothing.
Which makes me wonder: do any of you have a plan in place, to let others here know when you will no longer be posting, either thru an illness or death? I was thinking of having a family member know my user name/password so that you would know if anything happened to me. Just a narcissist way of thinking that some of you cared.

[Cole_Robbie]

That reminds me of a recent news story about facebook:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31438707

[ddsack]

Originally Posted by rnewste

"dcarch" and "Brazos Valley Gardener" always had very interesting perspectives on their growing approaches. Wonder how both of them are doing.....

Raybo

Yes, I often wonder about what dcarch is up to now. He had so many useful ideas for a home gardener, and his plates of sliced tomato dishes were artistic creations for the eye and palate.

I post less than I used to, though I check in almost every day. I find I am repeating myself on the same subjects dear to my heart, so fading back and letting newer folks with more enthusiasm take up the conversation seems like the way to go.

[amideutch]

Dice, dcarch, Suze and Bully some of which also posted at the SSE forum have been missed. They keep pooping up when I do searches on old threads. A lot of valuable information is in the TVille archives and all you have to do is let your fingers do the searching.

Ami