The Mortgage-Lifter Tomato
Posted By: Alice on 2008-10-15
In Reply to: ideas... - mtmt
A few years ago, I heard the story behind this great garden vegetable and did order some mortgage-lifter seeds from a catalog.
In the 1960s, a gentleman developed/raised mortgage-lifter tomatoes, selling them off for $1.00 each and sold enough to pay off his $6,000 mortgage. Thus, he named them mortgage-lifters.
Granted, it's too late in the year to start this enterprise now, but selling seedlings to gardeners is one way to earn some extra money.
I live in a rural area and do plant a small vegetable garden every year. I start tomatoes from seeds, and usually end up with more plants than I need. Most people I know do purchase seedlings; they don't start out with seeds. My son and I have decided that we will sell seedlings (more than just tomatoes) next spring at a weekly yard sale in our front yard.
Mortgage-Lifter story is here:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=05-P13-00038&segmentID=8
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