I started my patio "garden" pretty late this past summer, but I had high hopes for it. Well, the spinach withered away after a few weeks, the basil thrived for a while but recently fell victim to frost, and I had all but given up hope that the little green fruit on the tomato plant would ever ripen. This week, I checked on the garden (after neglecting it for a few weeks :\ ) and saw that the tomato plant
finally produced!
Yes, it was tiny - about the size of a ping-pong ball - but it was incredibly satisfying to have grown some of my own food. You can't get more local than your backyard, right? Since I've recently developed a taste for tomatoes, I sliced it up and enjoyed it raw with some vinegar, salt, and pepper (as per IDW's recommendation).
One small victory. Next year I'll get an earlier start on gardening!
How charming. I still have a green straggler tomato I am hoping will outwit the onslaught of the chipmunks and squirrels. (Maybe they have been sufficiently distracted with eating all the autuman gourds I have decorating my stoop.)
ReplyDeleteI bet with a simple cold frame you could grow winter greens down there. Or do some sprouts inside!