Dunno that I'd go so far as to call it an obsession, but I decided a year or so ago to make tomatoes my speciality, because I love them and eat loads of them; they're difficult enough to present a challenge; and there are loads of different varieties, in all sorts of colours and shapes, beyond the standard round red ones which are all you can usually get in the shops.
Also climbing French beans - I'm saving my own seed of 'Cherokee trail of tears', and next year will be trying another variety - can't for the life of me remember its name. [Edit] It's 'Cosse Violette', a purple-podded climber from those nice chaps at Real Seeds. Having grown a couple of dwarf varieties this year, and found the yields disappointing, I'm sticking to climbers in future: a bit more trouble, but the yield per unit area of ground is much greater.
Also climbing French beans - I'm saving my own seed of 'Cherokee trail of tears', and next year will be trying another variety - can't for the life of me remember its name. [Edit] It's 'Cosse Violette', a purple-podded climber from those nice chaps at Real Seeds. Having grown a couple of dwarf varieties this year, and found the yields disappointing, I'm sticking to climbers in future: a bit more trouble, but the yield per unit area of ground is much greater.
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