ok, so it's not a garden in the ground, but it's the best i could do with my shady back areas. Lots of herbs: mint, parsley, 2 basils, lemon balm, cilantro and some tomatoes. i wanted to plant some lettuce, but we have a lot of bugs...so i was hesitant, and then it was too late. i can't wait until we live somewhere i can have a true garden: raised beds and every vegetable out there. i could go on and on in an ode to fresh produce, but for now, i'll just stick to the topic at hand. what i have: specifically, tomatoes!
first up is a fine speciman; i can't remember the name, but it's a looker. pretty leaves and yellow buds. just a few short weeks ago, it was tiny--maybe 3 inches tall. at the advice of a seasoned botanist (or the cashier at the botanical garden plant sale) i stripped off more than 3/4 of it's leaves and buried it about halfway in the dirt. and to my amazement, it's huge! now it's even outgrown the stick, so i'm wondering what to do. (any help from the internets?)
it's even too big for a cage, i think. but we have tomatoes! see?
and blooms for lots more. i can't wait. i can think of about 50 things i can do with tomatoes, and the first is to eat one like an apple. grow fast!
oh, but the real reason i came to the internet (besides to profess my love of gardening) is to decide if this cherry tomato is just really stunted or if it's going to grow into a round bush?
although i bought this one about 2 weeks after my first plant, it has not grown at all. it is definitely a cherry tomato (surrounded by marigolds because did i mention the bugs?). anyways, if any of you have a green thumb, and you read my blog...any advice is appreciated! don't you just love spring?
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