Here are two interesting things about this tomato. First, it was delicious. Second, it was grown with one hundred and fifteen degree water piped straight out of the earth.
Seth and I bought a bunch of them in Hooper, Colorado while in the area for a show at Adams State College. We got in the night before and were delighted to find that the local hot springs was open until 10pm. We were even more delighted to find that they use the naturally heated spring water to grow organic tomatoes and cucumbers in their greenhouses.
Another local entrepreneur decided that the warm water was just right for growing something else: alligators. I’m glad we were swimming in the water while eating something grown with the water rather than swimming in the water and being eaten by something grown in the water.
After a long day of travel, nothing beats a hot soak under the stars in the largest alpine valley in the world. Fully relaxed and only a little woozy from the elevation, I brushed what looked like a black widow off my towel and called it a night.
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