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	<title>South East Texas Tomato Festival</title>
	<link>http://www.settfest.com</link>
	<description>The annual South East Texas Tomato Festival (SETTFest) is a gathering of tomato growers and friends who want to celebrate, grow, and sample Heirloom tomatoes.</description>
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		<title>SETTFest 2010 Sizzling Flavors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 4th annual South East Texas Tomato Festival (SETTFest) was our third visit to  picturesque  Washington on the Brazos state park. Despite the unrelenting  heat, it&#8217;s still a great venue to hold  this event. This year, the date (June  19th, 2010)  coincided very nearly with Father&#8217;s Day. We&#8217;re  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2010/06/settfest-2010/</link>
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		<title>Starting from Seed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
Once you&#8217;ve started tomato plants from seed successfully, you will probably never give a second thought to reading a How To website on the subject. Given the right conditions, tomato seedlings practically grow themselves &#8212; it really is that easy. After all, tomatoes and their wild brethren have been growing for  millions of  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2010/06/starting-from-seed/</link>
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		<title>The Vine Ripened Myth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A question I am frequently asked is &#8220;Should I leave tomatoes on the vine until they&#8217;re ripe for best flavor?&#8221;
I have discovered fully ripe tomatoes which were obscured by foliage and found that they tasted the same as ones we ripened indoors on a counter. There have been numerous reports of other people leaving tomatoes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2010/06/the-vine-ripened-myth/</link>
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		<title>South East Texas Tomato Festival 4th annual Date Announced!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official! The 4th annual SETTFest will take place on June 19th.
South East Texas Tomato Festival 2010
~ 4th annual ~
Date: June 19, 2010
Time: Noon ~ 3pm
Location: Washington on the Brazos State Park (Pavilion #2) in Washington, TX
[ Information on this event and Photos of Past Events &#62;&#62; ]
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		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2010/04/south-east-texas-tomato-festival-4th-annual-date-announced/</link>
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		<title>2009 A Challenging Year, Looking Forward to 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 was a rough year for growing tomatoes in S.E. Texas. Temperatures were cold for longer than expected, and then the blast furnace kicked on from April nonstop through July. It&#8217;s a wonder many of us got tomatoes at all! That said, we still had quite a turnout at SETTFest and had plenty to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2010/01/2009-a-rough-year-looking-forward-to-2010/</link>
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		<title>30 Minute Pasta Sauce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first heard of making spaghetti sauce in less than 30 minutes, I was skeptical. The classic spaghetti sauces, such as Pasta Bolognese that my mother used to make took hours. But with the availability of intensely-flavored heirloom tomatoes from my garden, it was time to take inspiration from America&#8217;s Test Kitchen and see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2009/06/30-minute-pasta-sauce/</link>
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		<title>Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been making a lot of oven roasted sauce lately.  It&#8217;s an easy way to turn your excess tomato harvest into a tasty, rich sauce to enjoy throughout the year.  I originally got the idea from critterologist on Dave&#8217;s Garden, who wrote an informative and detailed article about it there. She says it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2009/06/oven-roasted-tomato-sauce/</link>
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		<title>SETTFest 2009 Best Year Ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 3rd annual South East Texas Tomato Festival (SETTFest) returned to the historic Washington on the Brazos state park on June 13th, 2009. We had our best turnout yet, with familiar faces, new folks, and unexpected guests. We had a great time, had everything set up early, so we could just enjoy visiting with folks.
Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2009/06/settfest-2009-best-year-ever/</link>
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		<title>Tomato Growing Timeline &amp; Gardening Calendars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomato Growing Timeline
Spring Crop
Start seeds: December 25th &#8211; January 15th
Transplant: Feb 21st &#8211; March 18th (protect from late frosts if necessary)
Fruit set: April 1st &#8211; May 15th
Usual peak harvest: May 15th &#8211; July 10th
Fall Crop
Start seeds: June 1st &#8211; July 1st
Rooting cuttings: June 15th &#8211; July 25th
Transplant: July 21st &#8211; August 15th
Fruit set: August 21st [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2009/02/se-texas-tomato-growing-calendars/</link>
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		<title>Saving Seeds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomato seeds are surrounded by a gel which contains a germination inhibitor. I like to clean my tomato seeds by processing them with Oxiclean washing powder. Not only does it remove this germination inhibitor, and any bits of tomato that might be sticking to the seeds, but it may also help to remove certain soilborne [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.settfest.com/2009/01/saving-seeds/</link>
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