BEHOLD~my first glorious tomato!
Here it is in all it's beautiful glory...my first harvest EVER!!! YAY! I am so excited! This is my first ever attempt to grow actual food! When I lived in Houston (my bachelorette days) my lovely Mommy, who is an accomplished gardener herself bought me plants for my balcony. I had a huge ficus tree(to block out the blaring afternoon Texas sun), I had some plant that i refer to as the spider monkey plant, that was really creepy that hid spiders and grew really well (even when I'd forget to water). I had a rosemary, that I'd use in gruyere cheese fondue, as well as other non-edible plants and some lovely cactii.
I really wanted to start my own garden, so when we were looking for a place here in Oklahoma, one of my main requirements was that it had a place for a garden. So, this spring came and so did half of our tax return...those two facts combine jump-started my garden.
Here is what I have growing:
Herbs- rosemary, peppermint, cilantro, thyme, sweet basil
Fruits and Veggies- 2 tomato vines(one in ground, one in topsy turvy), strawberry, habanero, zucchini, garlic, Okinawiian purple sweet potatoes, lima beans, and a peach tree that was here when we got here
Flowers-marigolds, sunflowers, stargazer lily
So what shall i do with my first tomato? Salad for lunch? Do you guys have a garden? Have you grown edibles before? Is anyone reading my blog yet? :-)
Love and little juicy red tomatoes,
Jenn
