Our first tomato harvest!
We finally harvested some tomatoes and they were absolutely delicious!
They grew to the size that you see here rather quickly. Considering how rapidly they grew, we thought they would ripen just as fast. How wrong we were! It can be difficult waiting for those green tomatoes to turn red. You begin to question if you’ve done what you need to do for the plant or wonder if something is wrong. Naturally, I hit the internet looking for other people’s experiences. I was reading that people have their tomatoes ripen in a paper bag, or to prune off certain branches, but I think we did right by listening to one poster who added a solution of “patience”. I’m glad we simply waited for the tomatoes to ripen on the plant.
Even though we have several tomato plants growing, the plant to give us these tomatoes was a fast growing hybrid from Home Depot. We also have two plants that were donated from Frank’s family and two more from seeds we germinated ourselves – so they are all at different stages of development. You would think that the transplants, which look healthy and happy, would have produced first, but one of our little seedlings is the only one to have little tomatoes growing.
Overall, I couldn’t be happier so far with our little garden!
gardening has many small rewards! enjoy, you’ve earned them!