Interesting topic of convo lately....

yay for tomoatoes tony! boohoo on the gophers. are the plants in raised beds or directly in the ground? do you have wire under them or wire baskets around the roots? I'm growing my tomatoes in huge tubs this year since I'm not sure what's living in my yard, but i think i have gophers too...and a lot of rocks. if you can find their entry ways, i've heard you can stick juicy fruit gum in the whole. they can't chew it and end up dying in the hole. another thing you could do it plant gopher purge around the area where you grow your tomatoes.

on another note:
one thought i had last night, as i was trying to fall asleep, was for those folks without dirt to plant in...i'd totally be down for 1-2 people to share my upper yard, grow things in a raised bed or two, so they can have the experience. dK and red? might you be interested in this?

another thought I had last night was how I need to brush up on my permaculture knowledge. I took a design course summer 2004, have the design manual and was thinking how great it would be to do a monthly design reading group. Each month we'd read a chapter and review it together. This could coincide with a potluck social gathering.