A picture I took of them right before they were destroyed

Deborah,

Thanks for not thinking I was silly to be so upset. I honestly did cry I would love to replant but I don't think I have seen veggie plants for sale or seeds in a week or two... plus I think its too late. No homegrown tomatoes for me ;(

Marina, I'd have cried too.
In fact, maybe this will comfort you a bit. It's silly but I can't help it.
My favorite show is "Everybody Loves Raymond". I buy each new season's DVD's as they come out.
Well, there's one show where Frank digs up his wife's cherished roses.
She screams, "My roses !" in anguish. I can't bear that scene, because it hurts my heart even though I know it's fiction, it's acting.
I have tears in my eyes just typing this.
We all really care about your loss. I am upset about what has happened to your veggies.
I believe that non-gardeners just do not understand all that our gardens mean to us.
As for me, when I buy a perennial, it's a dear friend for life.
So I understand and wish there was something I could do for you.
WE ALL CARE !

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Wow, Marina sorry to hear that. You may be suprised though, the tomato plant may come back or you could try to root a cutting or two from it.

Find out who it was that did it and call them. Those people would have hell to pay if they did it to me. Can you snap some pics of the damage?

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John - Zone 6

Guys, great advice ! Marina, can you try it?

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Thanks to all for their kind suggestions and advice. I will try to snap some pictures but the plants are all over the yard and all shriveled up and basically just butchered. I saved one little green tomato

The company is well aware because they were standing outside my fense staring at the damage. They told me they'd get me plants next season if I want or a few pounds of tomatoes this year.

I wonder if I can locate plants if I could replant. I think its waaay to late for seeds and there were no branched intact enough for use :*

You might check with Lowes, Wal Mart or a farm supply. They often have larger plants available even this late, or they do around here. This is just horrible, I'm so sorry. It's not too late to try, I get lots of tomatoes in the fall if the heat eases up later in the summer, they can produce right up until frost.
By the way, I wouldn't settle for a few plants or a few tomatoes. This is a lot like a painting you've worked on all season or anything else you put your whole heart into, and a lot of sweat, to boot.

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Dave
Even my growlights are getting restless!

Exactly, Peppereater, exactly..... Our gardens are our art !

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Woodchuck, our complex is painting the fences and buildings next month.
Believe me, every plant (all in containers), the patio furniture and even the hose are all coming in the house for a few hours. Before the painters arrive.
Last time, when I was new here, the painters splashed my beautiful plants. NEVER AGAIN.
Why do so many people see plants as no big deal?
They are to us. And they are OUR possessions as well.

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You shoulda smacked them with a hammer.

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John - Zone 6

What goes around, comes around, and these types you've described, Woodchuck, are gonna get theirs...
Marina, I can just see you running outside, half asleep. What a way to wake up.
As I've said, we all care.

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Thanks The tomatoes are on branches that are on the ground around it. The plant has a few lower branches and a cracked twig, many of its leaves are now yellow

I am definetly going to water the remains of the tomatoes and see if I can't breathe some air into them. I also planted the most intact branched into the ground to the top leaves and watered a lot.

So cross your fingers fo me

And thank you so much for you kind words.

Sorry Marina for your loss. I am with the rest of them I would have been going off everyone would have heard me. I would have made sure noone slept until they had given me it in writting (head manager).

Like everyone said try and replant the tomato one is does come back I'm proof of that. My patio broke when a storm came in and I figured it was dead it had already yellowed/browned so I stuck it in the bottom of a blue bucket and planted peppers on top well low and be hold That thing is now sharing a space with my peppers I am still trying to move it to another pail.

Keep the faith
I wish you all the good luck.
Nicky

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http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j184/ladyk24/

I sit in my vegetable garden so that I can see them grow.