I know most people have wonderful veggie gardens going. We've been in Florida for over 25 years and I've yet to have a "successful" real, garden. This little cluster of tomatoes is one of the first successes. In the past I've had plants that gave us 2-3 little tomatoes a day for several weeks, but this one has hundreds of tiny little promises waiting to swell and turn rud. I am EXCITED.
In my envelope are seeds for rainbow chards, chives, mesclun - and numerous other tomatoes. Getting together the correct timing for seeding, passable 'dirt' and the required energy usually leaves the seed in the envelopes. This year our grand daughter has come to stay with us for a time. She's 25 and hopefully has some of her grandparents genes that inspire gardening from way back.
During the freeze last week, most of the movable plants made it either onto the dining room table or the kitchen floor. My husband thought 4-5 days on the table was quite enough and gently suggested that they travel back out the way they came. lol.
I love the suggestions on the Garden Web, Florida Forum. So many helpful, experienced voices with timing and tips for any section of the country or state you might choose. Its time to begin reading again and hopefully plant things in the right time table this year.
2 comments:
Those little 'toms' look delicious. I can hardly bear to bring home store-bought tomatoes when we don't have our own (which is most of the year!), but they taste so insipid comparitively that it doesn't seem worth it.
How nice to have your granddaughter staying with you. It'll be lovely if she turns out to be a gardener :)
Hi there,
this is the second time I'm trying cherry toms in my garden. So far, the clusters are growing along nicely but I'm not seeing "red" just yet. I grew mine from seed. I also have "Better Boy", but they are at least 4 weeks behind the cherry toms.
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