Sybil Gorby gives away her famous seeds and refuses all payment because she is superstitious about selling from her garden.
According to Gorby, there’s something exceptional about these seeds, and the large, succulent tomatoes they yield, year after year.
People were quite impressed with the photo of Gorby proudly cupping the supersized tomato in her hands. She is even wearing a matching tomato-colored sweater.“This gives me inspiration to continue harvesting my heirloom seeds,” another wrote. Once she and her husband, Bob, moved to the farm in 1963, she was eager to have a garden of her own. And so she did — and at its peak, it was 40 by 40 yards, and brimming with fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as flowers and plants.
“We didn’t have a lot, but boy, did I feel like we were rich,” said Marody, who grew up on the farm with her siblings and now lives in St. Clairsville, Ohio. “It was an amazing life.” Over the years, the community has been grateful for any gift from Gorby’s garden, she said, though the heirloom tomatoes are by far the most coveted crop.Gorby said she can’t take all the credit for her famous tomatoes. A few years after she started her garden, a friend named Gay Soles, who was also an avid gardener, offered her some tomato plants that grew juicy, delicious fruit.
“It’s a lot of work to have a large garden,” said her daughter, who also has a garden of her own. “I’m glad that she passed it on to me, and I’m able to raise a garden as well.”
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