Excellent! I say go for tomatoes – there is nothing like picking one from the vine and eating while it is still warm from the sun!

It’s my pleasure. The companies are great, and their products are first rate. Good luck in your garden, and when it gets going, send me a photo for Readers’ Gallery. I would love to see what you have got growing!

Ogni estate! That ought to be the rallying cry of gardeners everywhere! Gardening is fun and rewarding. I love that your father saved seeds from year to year, now that is a thrifty Italian for you! Seed saving is smart since one can be guaranteed of one’s fave plant varieties. Rosetta Costantino, author of My Calabria tells that her father brought his seeds from plants he grew in Calabria, and now in their garden in Oakland, they grow the very same plants. I thought that was pretty great. I hope you try these sources. They sell first rate seeds and plants. Let’s see photographs of you among the tomatoes this summer! Thanks for stopping by.

I am pleased to hear you found this inspirational. Gardening is fun, and truly rewarding, although somewhere along the growing season Mother Nature always finds a way to remind me that She is in control! It is strange indeed that your nurseries do not stock a large variety of vegetables. I assumed you would have access to an absolute treasure trove. I hope you do find a few seeds for your husband. I eagerly await garden reports!