Thanks everyone for the condolences on my last entry. I’m still really sad, but I’m trying to remember happy times with my grandma and honor her life in that way. One thing she really loved was gardening, so I think she’d be proud of my efforts at growing things. Though I don’t think I’ll ever be as good at it as she was!
I’ve mentioned before how I’m a Plant Killer and everything I try to grow dies. Last year, we planted three tomato plants, which never grew very big and gave us only three tiny tomatoes that I could actually eat. The tomatoes were supposed to be those big ones that you buy at the store, but they were no bigger than a golf ball.
We still haven’t accepted the fact that we have no green thumbs at all, so The Husband and I planted more tomato plants this year. We even got one of those Topsy Turvy things, like this:
*Note: That is not my Topsy Turvy, though I wish my plant looked that good!
We hung one in the Topsy Turvy and planted three in the ground–in a completely different part of the yard than where we planted last year, just in case maybe the tomatoes really didn’t like the view from the other corner and it depressed them so much that it stunted their growth. Apparently, that was the secret because the three we’ve planted in the ground are BIG and BUSHY and GROWING TOMATOES!! Not just one each, like they did last year, but several. Little yellow blossoms all over are turning into tiny green baby tomatoes. I keep checking on them every day to see if they’re ready yet and making sure that no bugs or birds are chomping on them.
The one in the Topsy Turvy is looking a little battered. We’ve had a ton of rain and heavy gusts of wind in the last few weeks, so the swinging plant just hasn’t been having the best time. But it’s still growing, and it has a longer maturation period than the other kinds we planted so it still has time to come back strong and beat out all the others.
I’m hoping I can actually enjoy the fruits (bad pun, I know!) of my labor this year and maybe become a Recovering Plant Killer instead of Active Plant Killer.
(We just won’t discuss the state of my poor little lettuce seedlings…)
maybe your grandma has passed on her green thumb to you!
our tom plants are at about 6 inches, and go in the ground the last week of may.
im psyched for tomatoes 🙂
we are also going to do dandelion jelly. and if its good im going to enter it in our fair that happens in oct.
I’ve never had dandelion jelly! Good luck with yours, I hope it’s good and wins in the fair! 🙂
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