I grow tomatoes mostly because you pick them fresh and they are significantly cheaper than a stand or store price.
I usually buy a hanging basket of cherry tomatoes.
Then all I have to do is water it a pick the fruit.
No weeding. No bending over. Hang it off the porch on the south side.
There are two seasons. Good tomato season and bad tomato season. Good tomato season runs from July into October. November through June is bad tomato season.
Nov-Jun in the stores tomatoes suck. I can hardly stand to eat them on a burger let alone in a salad.
Eagerly drooling like Homer Simpson for the return of good tomato season.