Tomato Frog
As many of you know, I raise between 450 and 500 tomato plants from seed every year. I generally keep about 60 to 70 plants for my garden and sell or give away the rest to friends, family, and strangers.
So I planted my tomatoes and nurtured them by making sure weeds stayed away and that they are well watered. Recently, I've noticed that I have very few tomatoes on my vines. In fact the tomatoes I have are very small and are sharing no hint of turning red, pink, or yellow.
Yet when I drive around, I notice other gardens filled with ripened tomatoes. In fact, my parent s even have ripe tomatoes. Today, my father took pity upon me and gave me some of his ripe tomatoes after I shared my tomato sob story. Then this evening, my neighbor, Faye, gave me three beautiful fat tomatoes from the garden she shares with my other neighbor, Iva. So in one day, I've gone from tomato despair to a terrific tomato bounty.
For dinner tonight, I made a tomato and mayonnaise sandwich, the first of the season.
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