First Tomato Sighting

June 25th, 2008

The patio tomato in a big terra pot has been quietly at work.   And there, at 7 am this morning, on a quick drive-by watering, a malted-milk-ball-sized baby green tomato looked up at me and smiled.   I smiled back.

7 Responses to “First Tomato Sighting”

  1. Stormie says:

    Yay! I love tomatoes! I was so excited the other day when I was at Good Times that they now have FDA approved tomatoes…it made my sandwich all the more delicious:)

  2. Robin Moslander says:

    Woo-hoo!I’ve only had my tomato plants in the ground for 1 week and I think they have doubled in size. A man in Herberger’s said to fertilize with Alaska fish emulsion and my plants would be the biggest ever. I think it is working. It smelled, well, like dead fish. Hope it doesn’t add flavor to the soil. That would be completely disgusting.

  3. Bryan says:

    If your tomato smiled at you it was probably because it thought you looked delicious.

  4. Dave says:

    And so it begins…
    The march of the bountiful harvest!!!
    No worries on our backyard matoes…

  5. Sherri O'Neal says:

    I saw a yellow blossom. But we haven’t had enough rain. And I’m a bad water-er. But I have 4 plants in the ground (clay and rock) that I’m very proud of. As for dreaded diseases carried by a couple sad tomatoes…I choose to not live in fear, but to rebuke the enemy and fry the bacon!

  6. Amy Jo Becker says:

    Ohhh~ how CUTE! Tomatoes only smile at loving gardeners. (Unless Bryan is right!) That was so beautiful! Like a quote that should be made famous for posterity…

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