IT WAS 1 degree Fahrenheit outside when I looked at my electronic weather station readout  this morning – a perfect time for some winter-defying tactics like talking tomatoes. Organic seed farmer and breeder Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds in Oregon is here for that colorful, warming conversation. After trialing 55 tomato varieties last season, Don has some goodies to recommend and some advice on growing your best tomatoes – including ones that actually store well long after harvest – yes, storage tomatoes!

Don Tipping founded Siskiyou Seeds, a family run, farm-based organic seed company in 1997. Siskiyou is a farm with a view, situated at 2000 feet of elevation in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwest Oregon, and features something like 1,000 varieties of vegetables, herbs, and flowers in the collection.

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