Apartment Gardening

Unhappy with the offering of tomatoes that I would see at the grocery stores (they just never looked fresh), I decided to buy this little plant and see if I could have any luck growing my own. I remember last summer there were a few times I would watch over my friends', Lee & Cindy's, house & gardens when they would be away. They had some tomatoes growing, the cute little ones, and let me tell you... those were the freshest and just about the best tasting tomatoes I've ever had. I remember standing out there watering the plants, plucking one off the vine just to see how it would taste... and what a surprise!! It was like a taste explosion in my mouth!! Yum!! I remember plucking and plucking and popping them in my mouth...at the same time, looking behind me as if one of them would be standing there to catch me eating their tomatoes!! :) Not that they would care, but I somehow felt like a little tomato-stealer! You remember that feeling like when you were a child and you were doing something you weren't supposed to be doing? How it felt like at any moment someone was going to catch you in the act and you'd be totally busted? Yup, that was my childhood moment of stuffing my mouth full of their garden tomatoes when I was only supposed to be watering them! Mom should be proud...at least I was eating my veggies!!! Hee hee!

So, here I am with my roma tomato plant, and lo and behold, when I went out on the balcony yesterday to check on my little guy... what do I see but a little baby tomato!!! Oh, how exciting!! And this morning he had 2 little friends that decided to come out and enjoy the sun, too!! There are other herbs in the plant, as well - cilantro, dill, parsley, basil. That's how I roll when it comes to gardening... apartment style!! Hehe!