That is so cool! I got ambitious about planting a veggie garden, since we have the space, but I seem to have a black thumb, and not enough time to service the garden. I got a ton of tomatoes the first year, but nothing else grew. Last year I just did eggplant (SIL's dad grew the seedlings and then gave me the plant). I love fresh veggies though- there's nothing better than that. It might be a good idea for me to look into something like that around here, if it's not too expensive.

As for the tomatoes, I'm the same way about raw tomato. Everyone in my family thinks I'm crazy, but I just don't like tomatoes raw. Fresh tomatoes make GREAT tomato sauce though! Plus, you can make the sauce and freeze a bunch of it to use in the wintertime and it's still delicious.