Grandma used to bury perfectly good tomatoes every fall.

Grandma used to bury perfectly good tomatoes every fall. I thought she was wasting them. Turns out she knew exactly what she was doing. These are good ripe tomatoes, and I'm breaking them open right here in the garden. That gets the seeds spread out instead of leaving them all packed together. And I leave the tomato right there with them. It'll slowly break down and put organic matter back into the soil. Then I scatter some crushed eggshells over the top. They break down slowly, adding Calcium over time. And just a little wood ash for potassium and other minerals. Then I cover the whole thing with soil. That's it. I do this right before the cold settles in and leave it alone all winter. Once the ground warms back up in spring, we'll see which seeds made it through. I've had tomatoes come up this way before, and I'll tell you, spotting those first little seedlings where you buried tomatoes months ago never gets old. Anybody else's grandma do this? Or was mine the only one burying perfectly good tomatoes?