You can mock me, but today is a happy day for this patio gardener: I have tomatoes!
Yes--that is plural.
And yes, they are tiny and green and not all that impressive, and you can mock or make fun, but I am most impressed with myself. So let me tell you why:
1) The plant is not only still alive, but obviously well taken care of. (Sort of. I think the cage I bought is too small so I will have to tie my plant to my patio. Yes, I'm aware of how jank tastic this will look. Suck it.)
2) Did I mention that the plant is still alive?
3) This is the first time in six years that my plan for edible plants on my back patio has worked!! I'd probably have bumper crops if I had a real plot of land to plant. (Ummm. Apparently someone wants to be a farmer now. And yes--this getting close to nature frightens me a bit. Maybe that desire for a shaggy pony when I was a kid was foreshadowing a love of a more rural landscape. Okay, who am I fooling? I STILL want a pony. And a beagle. Named Whitey Ford.)
4) Again--the plant is still alive!
Now before I get too vainglorious, I should note that my cilantro died and I have yet to have a pepper, but who cares?
I've got tomatoes!!
And I'm a big dork for being so happy about it.
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