Growing Pains
Here's a shot from about a month ago of my very first successful forray into gardening! And I finally tasted the fruits of my labor this morning, with a single, painstakingly plump and very tiny yellow cherry tomato! It is amazing how gardening brings out your nurturing gene - how I've spent each morning of the last three months traipsing out into the driveway with my apple juice carton of water for the budding plants only to find that many of the leaves need pruning and there are no budding fruits or vegetables on each scrawny little limb. Now I know everyone this season is talking about how the early summer rains killed any hope of successful tomatoes, but when I see my neighbor's gangly vines tantalizingly dangling full-grown Heirloom and plum tomatoes shadowing my little knee-high plants, I have to wonder... But today was validation that it's all been worth the effort. And maybe my next year my little guys will have their day in the sun.