FLYING TOMATO FARM
Snohomish, WA USA
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FLYING TOMATO FARM Snohomish, WA USA
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Lining up in Edmonds at the Flying T for a bag of Toms
The Farmers
Neil in the greenhouse this February
The merry month of May
Porter, the yellow lab
Dorothea and Kat down with the Girls
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THE STORY OF FLYING TOMATO FARM Our story begins in an area known as Swan's Trail, on the outskirts of Snohomish Washington. On a gentle slope overlooking the Snohomish River flood plain, we manage two large greenhouses devoted exclusively to growing what we believe our some of the tastiest, juiciest tomatoes the Pacific Northwest has to offer. We are a husband and wife team who are passionate about good food and sustainable living. CRAZY FOR TOMATOES Every year we grow a variety of tomatoes, including, beefsteak varieties, orange plum and red cherrie tomatoes. We try a few new varieties every year and dabble in heirloom varieties like: Purple Calabash, Black Russian and Yellow Pear. We also produce a limited number of range fed chicken eggs every week from our two small flocks of Auracanas, Bardrocks, Rhode Island Red, Buff Orphington, Moran and Leghorns. Down at the edge of the property, you will often find Dorothea, a bee hobbyist, tending to her beehives. which produce a bit of honey as well as beeswax for Dorothea's Goat Milk Soap NICE TOMATOES! While a distant cousin of the Canadian hothouse tomato, our Flying Tomatoes differ in a number of very important ways. Our tomatoes are grown in soil. We are not hydroponic growers. We do not use pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers. We hand weed everything. We make our own compost from two flocks of our own range fed chickens. We use only natural soil amendments such as, bat guano, wood ash, alfalfa and nettle tea. We use beer for slug control. TOMATO NATION Find us at these Snohomish County Farmers Markets Edmonds Museum Farmers Market Saturdays, 5th and Bell in Downtown Edmonds Garden Market - May and June 9am - 2pm Summer Market - July - October 9am - 3pm Snohomish Farmers Market Thursdays, at 1st and Cedar in Historic Downtown Snohomish May through September - 3pm till 8pm Mukilteo Farmers Market Wednesdays, at the Rosehill Community Center just up from the Ferry Terminal June through September - 3pm till 7pm
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION: (206) 412- 4630 or rockfish5@seanet.com
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