Urban tomato farming is offering some unexpected life lessons. I thought the big tomato questions this summer would be how many tomatoes and what size and what we'd do with all of them. I've been making up guest lists in my head for weeks and picturing the homemade tomato sauce that will bowl everyone over. It will be grand.
However, I didn't realize there'd be fine-tuning involved, if we're ever going to get there.
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