Does anyone have advice about where to buy heirloom tomato plants?  I don't get to do much shopping these days, so I want to be prepared when the time comes to put them in.  I planted some peas yesterday and started getting really excited about this growing season! 

Shannon - Maybe someone else will chime in with some alternatives, but the best place I know is the Bardstown Rd Farmers Market on Saturday morning. There's a farmer that sets up on the south side of the parking lot in the back corner. He has the. BEST. heirloom tomatoes. Ask him for a "peach tomato". It grows a small/medium-sized tomato that you might mistake for a peach if you glance at it on your kitchen counter. They're very good and it's an incredibly prolific plant.

We also bought a purple tomato plant from him last year. It didn't do quite as well, but we didn't really know what we were doing. The tomatoes were much larger, but they split open. I only found out later that we should've picked them before that point.

i'm glad to hear this. i'd prefer to buy from the farmer's market.

there was a man at the whole foods market a couple weeks ago that had some heirloom plants as well. we picked up one, it was already blooming, so i hope i get goodies soon!

i think ill look for the btown rd guy too, sounds yummy!

There are some really great Amish clearing houses off of state road 350 here in Parke County. It's probably about an hour from where you are. What makes their tomatoes great is that they're organic. You can buy them in bulk or one by one. They use fish emulsion for fertilizer and drip lines, shurflo 8000 pumps and special custom cages. That's their secret! I am actually going to make some of their cages at home to see if they work for me.