ItÂs time to announce the second annual South East Texas Tomato Fest (SETTFest) 2008. What is it? A gathering of tomato growers and their friends who want to share and taste different varieties of homegrown tomatoes. When is it? June 21, 2008 Setup is at 11am Tasting begins at Noon Where is it? Washington on the Brazos park 20 minutes from Brenham, TX Who will be there? Tomato gardeners, farmers, and their friends from Texas and surrounding areas. We are currently working on updating the SETTFest website to include maps and information about this year's event. If you are planning to attend, it would be helpful to us if you could fill out the Survey, including listing any food items you plan to bring. Iced Tea, Diet Sodas, and Water will be provided, as well as Greek Pasta Salad (we'll pick the best tomatoes and cucumbers and make it right there!). The survey helped us with planning last year. Last year we had 25 attendees and nearly 90 tomato varieties available to taste. You can view photos of last year's event in our Photo Album. What better place to hold this event than historic Washington on the Brazos -- the Birthplace of Texas, and home to the Barrington Living History Farm, a working farm that we might all want to visit once we're all tomatoed out. We hope to see plenty of fellow tomato lovers at the 2008 South East Texas Tomato Fest!

Hello, have found this thread over the search in this forum. I still live in Germany but will be moving to Dallas soon. I can´t wait to start my yard blooming. I´ve always loved mediterranean plants and also have some of them, but only in pots and I have to carry them inside for 5 to 6 months in Germany. What I am looking for now: A forum or information sites about plants in North Texas. What can I plant outside without to carry pots inside. And of course also a veg forum would be really interesting for me. Did it ever start somewhere??? Could you please provide lots of links and information to me here, where I can get into Texas gardening. Thank you in advance.

No fair..just when I was on step 8 of my 12 step plan for tomato addiction! I actually cut down by 8 plants this year! Now this...and it is at a time and place I can go! drooooolllll.......fast heart beat...calm down....whew!!! Actually picked first red tomato yesterday. It was on my driveway mystery and I am sure it is a Matt's Wild dropped by the birds. Teeny little thing and I asked hubby if it tasted like fabric softner since it is near the dryer vent!I have several driveway mysteries this year!

Annie, was thinking of someway for you to fill in a few days with something that might be of interest. If you travel a bit north from Harlingen you'll bump into San Antonio. SA is about a 3 1/2 hour drive north of Harlingen - pretty wide open driving and nothing to slow you down. The King Ranch owns most of the land along this route. About 1/2 way between Harlingen and SA is one of the best BBQ places in Texas. There are several Motel 6's in the SA area. You might find bargains on the Riverwalk this time of the year (off season) and maybe you'd be nearer many of the major attractions/history. There are many things of interest that would keep you moving and out of the motel several hours a day. There is a hop on - hop off trolley that's convenient and easy to use. Might be less expensive to stay downtown than parking and lot fees on a daily basis etc. Austin is about a 1 1/2 hour drive from San Antonio. If it appealed to you both and was an easy fix, you might choose to drive to SA, spend a couple of days then drive into Austin for a couple of days before picking up your return flight. A few sites below for you to check out for interest. http://www.segcity.com/ http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/missions.htm http://www.sanantonioriverwalk.com/photo.html http://www.sanantonioriverwalk.com/tourism.html http://www.buysanantoniotours.com/index.html I didn't include the museums, zoo etc. Included only what is unique to this area. The next address is of a very pretty cavern between SA and Austin - not a Carlsbad, but very pretty in it's own right. You could pick it up on your trip from SA to Austin for the return flight. http://www.buysanantoniotours.com/tours/sa-natural-bridge-caverns-north-cavern-tour.html I hope this gives you another option for those precious vacation days. Niene