one tomato

you may have noticed that i've not talked a lot about my garden this year. last year i took a bunch of pictures and talked a lot about it. but that's because we had a relatively successful garden last year. but this year's a whole different story.

this year i decided to do as much from seed as i possibly could do. so i used saved seed from fruits and veggies i'd gotten last year from the farmer's market and our farm share. and so far the only things that we've actually gotten fruit out of are the 2 things i bought as seedlings (banana peppers and green peppers). the rest (2 types of cucumbers, 3 types of tomato, watermelon and cantaloupe) have grown very well and given flowers, but they've not actually produced anything. this could be the seed, or it could be a lack of something in the soil. or because it's too hot. or because we've given it too much water. or too little water. you get the idea. the things i've read have basically said it could be anything. it's just so disappointing.

that is, until today. this evening baldman pointed out our very first tomato on the plant. so maybe things are changing? let's hope.

by the way, we've decided to move the garden next year to the side of the house where it will get a bit more sunlight. and we're also going to do it right this time by testing the soil. if we take a few bits of our dirt and bring it to the local extension agent they will tell us if our soil needs to have nutrients added to it to help the growing. so that should definitely help, i'd think.