We went on our first Master Gardener field trip. Usually we are attending the farmers market at Tractor Supply on the very same Saturdays that there are scheduled field trips. We had a very special blessing of visiting Mrs. Sara Doherty yesterday.
Mrs. Sara is the "Tomato Lady!" She lives at Doherty's Tomato Patch at 1980 Hwy 394 in DeRidder. There are signs on the road leading you to her house and farm where she sells all kinds of tomato plants! Evan and I got there a few minutes early and got to visit with Sara on her porch with fresh squeezed lemonaid and cookies.
Mrs. Sara has 6 vegetable stands all around the local area. I know of one on Pine Street (Hwy 171) in DeRidder and also on Nelson Road in Lake Charles. She explained about the different kinds of tomato plants. I knew there were basically 2 kinds : Determinate and Indeterminate but I never knew that they took different care. She covered many of the different varieties of tomatoes. Dream Girl, BHN 444, Creole, Mountain Fresh, and much more! We learned how she cares for her seedlings and grows her 12,000 tomato plants that she will raise this season! We feel like our 70 are a lot!
Sara was at the Burton Coliseum for the Gardening Festival last weekend where she sold lots of seedlings. She sells Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Squash, Eggplant, Blueberries, Watermelons, Muskmelons, Jellies, Jams, Pickles and Georgia Peaches when in season.
It was fun to meet another woman who likes to garden as much as Evan. I pray my children are entrepreneurs like Mrs. Sara and her husband!
This is another Local Farmer that would love your business and prides herself on the quality of her produce!
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