<I'd race you to the first tomatoes of the year but you've got me beat by two zones!>
You may actually have a shot! What I just learned....
I'm actually in USDA Zone 9b, just 5 miles in from the ocean, more Mediterranean type weather. But, the same 9B may also be 150 miles in from the coast, in the very hot San Joaquin Valley where they have two weeks of Spring and Autumn and the rest very cold or very hot. Great for tomatoes in the summer!
http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Gardening_Zone_9
USDA Zones vs. Sunset Zones http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Gardening_Zone_9
In the Sunset Gardening book, which includes micro-climates, I am listed as zone 17. Look at the difference:
http://www.sunset.com/garden/climate-zones/sunset-climate-zones-california-nevada
I lost the page most important to me for growing tomatoes but summation: I cannot plant them early (I usually do) or the plants have nothing to do but grow big (they do) as there is insufficient heat to fruit out. They will blossom (they do that plenty), but the blossoms will fall off (YES!) until enough heat to fruit out. No wonder....
There was a time way back when we had to mow lawn all year long here. Those years tomatoes grew like crazy. Then they just took a different attitude. The weather changed.
So I will hold off planting tomatoes til around April?? Our summers are June gloom, foggy in mornings and evenings, sometimes all day.
In either case, I'm including these in my garden this year: (pretty cool, have a look)
http://blog.thekatsgarden.com/?p=3516
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GUEA_enUS601US602&q=borage
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