To all gardeners organic or otherwise

Prove that organic heirloom varieties are better

Please feel free to pass on to anybody who may be interested.


The Great Tomato Festival

At Brynmawr we are convinced of the great superiority of heritage varieties of fruit and vegetables, and in the spirit of encouraging others to grow them we are issuing a challenge to all-comers for the end of summer next year. WeÂre announcing the challenge now, to give all of us time to prepare our secret weapons, the tomatoes.

So gather your seed and prepare your soil for the inaugural Festival of Tomatoes, with picnic and competitions, to be held here at Brynmawr on

Sunday April 16, 2006.

Classes will include

Best tasting cherry type tomato

Best-tasting slicing tomato

Best homemade tomato sauce

Best homemade chutney

Most peculiar looking tomato

Largest tomato

The tomato that flies the farthest

The heaviest tomato

The ugliest tomato

Best-dressed tomato

The best picnic

Everyone will be involved in the judging, and there will be a seed saving demonstration to help us make the most of our harvest.

There will also be a talk on the slow food movement.

Come and join us for a great day and a cut-throat comp!

For details (nearer the time perhaps!),

Dave and Suzanne Alder:

Phone: 63593175

E-mail: bslr@bigpond.com

PO Box 40 Lithgow NSW 2790