Today's the big day, Pat.
That's right, yes. TomatoMania. We've been waiting. Anticipating.
How's it going with checking people in? Great. We've already had, uh, several people for the winners from the, uh, early, early bird contest. So just finished putting the tomatoes out so they're fresh off the truck ready to go?
Today is TomatoMania, TomatoMania, guess what that means? We get to sell 68 varieties of tomatoes and a lot of them are heirlooms. So if you get a really tasty kind, save those seeds.
Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to O'Toole's.
You won early bird.
Yes, I did. I won entry, early bird entry. That's why we get to be here early and get to the pick of the best.
So what do you have in your cart?
I Have percussion. No, that's not right. It's persuasion. Same thing, I'm into percussion, persuasion, all the things. It's the mania around here.
This is the 2025 tomato of the year. Right? Winner of the year. Yes, it is.
Truly the best plants that I've ever found are here at O'Toole.
Really? Oh Yeah. Well we take great pride in working with local growers, we have organic options.
So that's why, you know, we come to the nursery instead of the big box stores anymore.
It's great to meet you. Yeah.
Well we're here with this awesome, beautiful family here at O'Toole's for TomatoMania. We're having fun.
How's your day going guys?
It's great. It's been a blast.
Have you shopped at O'Toole's before?
We have.
Okay, good. Well, O'Toole's is a family owned business. If you guys didn't know, so when we see families out here, we love it. We love the kids coming out and if you start 'em young teach 'em about gardening, that's like a life skill. So do you guys work in the garden together?
Yes.
Do you pick all the tomatoes?
Yes.
Do you eat 'em up? Are they tasty?
Yes.
Alright!
So a couple great, uh, companion plants for tomatoes. Basil, always great. Helps, uh, enhance the flavor of the tomatoes and marigolds can help keep the bugs away.
Thanks for coming into TomatoMania.
Yeah, It was great. You guys had so many different tomatoes.
Now are you an experienced gardener?
No, Not at all. I'm here to try to learn how to Garden.
Okay, so I see you got some starter kits or you're gonna be doing like container gardening and so what, what else did you pick? It looks like you got some other stuff besides tomatoes.
Yeah, So we got some herbs in here. We got some vegetables. I've got some peppers. All sorts of stuff here.
Good. Well thanks for coming into O'Toole's. Thanks for being a O'Toole's customer.
Absolutely.