A Great Big Thank You to Our      Customers!

Place your order by March 15th and join us for the Big Thank You drawing!

As we begin our 8th year of providing heirloom tomato plants to our customers nationwide, we want to thank you for being so faithful and supportive all these years.

To show our deepest appreciation for your loyalty, to say thank you, Adrienne and I are entering the names of all our customers who order by March 15th into our drawing for some wonderful gifts. These prizes are being donated by our friends at TomatoFest.com. and from all of us here at Laurel's Heirloom Tomato Plants.

Every customer who has placed an order for 2008 will be entered in the drawings. One ticket for each order you have placed will be put into the Great Big Hat for our Sunday, March 16th drawing. Refer a friend, they will be entered, and we will put another ticket into the hat for you!

The Prizes!

My dear friends, Gary Ibsen and Dagma Lacey of Carmel TomatoFest are generously donating some fabulous gifts to our Big Thank You drawing, including 5 gorgeous Heirloom Tomatoes wall Posters (see below) along with 3 free packets of organically grown heirloom tomato seeds and The Grand Prize, 2 sets of 'Tickets For Two' to the fabulous Carmel TomatoFest in September 2008!

Take a look here www.TomatoFest.com for some exciting photographs of TomatoFest along with information about the TomatoFest event and 500 varieties of fabulous organically grown heirloom tomato seeds. Gary and Dagma have a many heirloom tomato seed varieties on sale right now for only $2.00 a packet through January 20th.

   

Happy TomatoFest Folks

When you place your plant order at Laurel's Heirloom Tomato plants by March 15th, you will automatically be entered in the drawing for a chance to receive one of these prizes:

• Two tickets to NatureSweet Carmel TomatoFest in Carmel California, September 14th. Two sets of tickets will be given away. Children under 12 get in free!

• A beautiful full-color wall poster of heirloom tomatoes along with 3 packets of heirloom tomato seeds. 5 customers will receive this gift.

• Two free tomato plants of your choice to ship with your order. 4 customers will receive this gift.

• A 32 ounce bottle of our great new product, Great Big Plants! 2 customers will receive this gift.

• The Great Tomato Book, by Gary Ibsen. 1 customer will receive this gift.

• The Rapitest Moisture Meter to help you with plant watering quandaries. 2 customers will receive this gift

Tell your friends! For every customer you refer, we will put another ticket into the Great Big Hat for you.

The Grand Prize: For 2 lucky customers who'd love to come to California's Central Coast this fall, Gary and Dagma are donating Tickets For Two to NatureSweet Carmel TomatoFest, America's Favorite Tomato Harvest Festival, a $190.00 value. Amazing Terry and I go to Carmel TomatoFest every year to attend the festival, eat everything in sight and visit the beautiful Monterey Peninsula. We wouldn't miss it for the world!

Along with the posters and the TomatoFest tickets, 4 of your names will be entered for a chance to win 2 free heirloom tomato plants of your choice to ship with your order. Plant them in your garden of give them to a gardening buddy!

Here are just a few of the hundreds of tomato dishes from the great chefs of California recently featured at TomatoFest. Click on the photographs!

           

                  
                   
You can click on each photograph for a larger image.

Top Row: Avocado Tomato Dungeness Crab Brioche from Colin Moody of Asilomar,  Mango Sausage Tomato Tostada from Colin Moody, Asilomar,  Smoked Shrimp & Heirloom Tomatoes from Mary Pagan, The Culinary Center of Monterey;  Flautas with Sundried Tomatoes from Luis Solano of The Whole Enchilada.  Scallop, Lobster & Tomato Roulade from Scott Cater, Casablanca

Bottom Row: Heirloom Tomato Watermelon Salad with Pecorino Cheese & Toasted Pine Nuts from Jacques Wilson of The Sardine Factory., Heirloom Tomato Crab Melt Sticks from The Inn at Spanish Bay., Ravioli Filled with Eggplant & Goat Cheese w/ Heirloom Tomato Sauce & Ricotta Cheese from Olio E. Limone Restaurant, , Oysters with Tomato Tartare from Jerry Regester from Stillwater Bar & Grill at The Lodge at Pebble Beach ,  Orzo Pasta Cakes with Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho Salad, Mozzarella & White Truffle Vinaigrette from Bruce Silverblatt at The Forge in the Forest Restaurant  , and Thai Gazpacho from Craig Von Forester,
Sierra Mar at Post Ranch Inn.
 

Heirloom Tomatoes Poster

 Wall Poster showing 25 Heirloom Tomato varieties grown by Gary Ibsen.
 (18" x 24")