"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "David W.E. Roberts" contains these words:


Still frost free in coastal Suffolk - although it is turning colder.
(snip)
I wonder when the first frost will be?
Could we make it to mid-November (or even December) with fresh home
grown
tomatoes?

Buy your tickets for the sweepstake here :-)

We've not yet had a frost at garden and sea level, though there was
snow on the mountains yesterday morning and the coldest wind so far.Last
weekend I went to collect seaweed on a pebble beach and found a tomato
plant growing there. It had one truss of small green fruit so I cut it
off and have it on the windowsill to see if they ripen.

Forecast is down to 1C tonight so there is a risk of frost.
To pick or not to pick, that is the question....

On the topic of unusual places to find tomato plants, there was one growing
between the tracks at Sherringham station with a good crop of green tomatoes
about a month ago. The station is at the end of the line so no trains
passing through at speed.
As to where the seed came from....:-)

Cheers
Dave R