38-52-2014: Look’it! I grew a tomato!

by The Philosophical Fish

38-52-2014: Fresh from the garden

September 21, 2014 – It was all an experiment. Everything I planted was just an experiment. When we moved in last Halloween I had no idea what would grow in the yard. It gets light from all over the place, but there are so many trees that I didn’t know where the light would be when the leaves came in. I also didn’t know what the soil was like (mostly crappy) or what would grow in it.

We added a layer mostly everywhere, and I just stuck things here and there, no real master plan. I had a hunch where the most sun would land, and I planted herbs there, and on a whim, threw a few tomato plants in the ground nearby.

I tried to grow herbs at the condo for years and basically failed miserably. Here is a different story, other than basil I couldn’t kill anything.

But I never thought I’d actually grow a tomato.

But there you go, proof that I have!

So now I am thinking about next year, and how to modify the space a bit, and I’ll certainly think about the tomatoes a bit more, and learn to prune. Because I also had no idea tomatoes could grow to ten feet tall!

That’s going to be the best tasting tomato ever!

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Tamara Martin September 22, 2014 - 4:52 am

‘nummy!’ : )

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Janene White September 22, 2014 - 6:13 am

Congrats, Paige.

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Just Mom September 24, 2014 - 1:48 am

And Fower didn’t get it!

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