The Daily Tomato
May 30th, 2008 - 5:26 pm
You knew there was going to be a new photo of this silly tomato every day until I get to eat it, didn’t you?
Look at it. Just looooook at it. It’s almost red. Almost!
I’m guessing, going by the progression of the color change for the last two days, it will be ready for consumption on Sunday. I guarantee you it will be eaten before I go have teeth removed from my head, because I am not passing up the chance to eat the first tomato of the season due to some silly technicality like not being able to eat solid foods. I don’t care if it isn’t quite ripe on Monday, it will be eaten by Monday night when I have to start fasting.
But I’m betting it will be ready on Sunday, and then Lin and I shall have it for breakfast. 
2 Responses to “The Daily Tomato”
That’s it! I must have a tomatoe tree!
Unless you want to deal with a tall and vine-like plant that could get 8 feet long, be sure whatever you get is a “determinate” instead of an “indeterminate” tomato plant. Determinates stay bushlike (though can get large) and usually only require tying to stakes when they get heavily loaded with fruit. Indeterminates just keep getting longer and longer, and have to be tied up off the ground (i.e. not good for patio plants or indoors).
I think everyone should have one tomato plant. They really are pretty darn easy to take care of, and they always seems to produce something.