Clients at the Lake Cumberland Farmers Market were taught how to select tomato plants to meet the needs of their family.  Different varieties of tomato plants were available for purchasing, and a tomato from the plant was available for the clients to look at before selecting their plants.  After selecting the plants, they needed for slicing, canning, or other tomato recipes, the people were taught that the first thing they needed to do was get a soil sample from their local Extension Office.

        Other tips included the depth to plant the tomatoes, how to stake the tomatoes with twine, what to look for if tomatoes had a disease, and then how to preserve the tomatoes.   Extension Publications were also given out for detail instructions in growing and preserving the tomatoes.

          A question and answering session provided other instructions for those people who had never grown a tomato, or preserved tomatoes.