You do understand that some soil isn't suitable for just "dropping seeds in the ground", don't you? Have you ever seen southern Colorado, where there might be an inch or two of topsoil and then several feet of ground full of rocks and stones? My BIL in Montana had to build a raised garden with a 6 ft. fence around it and have the soil trucked in.
I didn't say a person was a weirdo for growing them.
A person I knew in NYC planted tomatoes in the ground and grew many fine tomatoes.
It is surprising to say the least, especially in this poor economic climate, that a guy would buy expensive equipment to grow a tomato plant. And then go running so fast to the MSM to whine about the police is very suspicious.
If that still goes over your head then so be it.