I had just started watering the garden, when I noticed my first cherry tomato on one of my plants. So I raced inside to grab the camera and take a photo. This variety is Yates Tomato – Small Fry.
Our tomatoes have been raised from seed and I think that we are on track in comparison to previous years of tomato growing, but I am amazed to see that other fellow gardeners in this challenge are already eating tomatoes that they have grown! And I guess it seems like this has taken forever to appear because the first flower buds appeared on 4/11/12 and it has taken over a month for fruit to appear. I see plenty of bugs and bees out every day in the garden, so I’m a tad surprised that pollenation has taken so long!
I was a little bit worried that our tomatoes weren’t doing as well as they have done in previous years, as the bed that they are planted out in this year, is directly under an enormous elm tree. They are in part shade/part sun, but they seem to be doing okay.
Our plan is to cut the elm tree down next winter to give our vegie patch more light. However, it’s going to be a pretty tough job as the tree is about 14 metres high, and I have all my raised beds directly under it….so we are devising a plan to protect the vegies when we eventually chop the tree down.
Well…I am digressing! I must get on and finish watering the garden!
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