In late spring, I bought some Asian lilies to put in the front porch planters for some spring color. Eventually, the lilies played out and I bought some Gerbera Daisies for the summer decorative flowers in the planters. I didn’t get around to putting them in the planters since a tomato plant had started to sprout in the soil where I cut back the lilies. It looked healthy, so I left it to grow into a mature tomato plant.
I guess it’s quite common for plants from a nursery to carry seeds from tomatoes and other things. This isn’t the first time for this to happen to us.
This is the plant today – sporting a healthy crop of six little tomatoes. I got a trellis from the back yard to support the weight of the tomatoes while they get ripe. Now, I’m looking forward to having garden-fresh tomatoes grown on the front porch. Click on the image to enlarge.
Pretty spiffy! Last year our then-new pup decided to munch on our dying off grapevine. Since it never did anything, we weren’t too concerned. Well, with all the rain we had last winter, and the good “pruning” the dog gave it, it came back with a vengeance. I’ve had to cut it back several times, and train it to the trellis that’s back there.
Hopefully we might get some grapes this year!
We like the garden. This year our bumper crop is Kabocha Squash (Japanese Pumpkins).
http://vernabob.com/blog/2010/07/04/harvesting-on-independence-day/
Thinking we were planting A-corn. But just as good!