My Pride and Joy

Once when I went to a master gardener's clinic, one of them said that you can plant a cherry tomato in a pot and then bring it inside at the end of the summer. Then "you'll have cherry tomatoes until you're sick of eating cherry tomatoes."


I can see my potted cherry tomato from my kitchen and I have loved watching it grow. It's so pretty and delicate, unlike my Better Boys that are down in the garden. Do you see those little red beauties near the bottom?

My square foot garden was recently attacked by deer. They ate all of my tomatoes, lettuce, the bottom half of my pole beans, and left only stems on my pepper plants. They also trampled everything else. It was interesting, though. They didn't touch the eggplant or broccoli. I had to chuckle to myself because I'm not an eggplant fan either. I was hoping I'd learn to love it by growing it. Anyway, I put up some fencing and it seems to be working. I still have hope that I'll get some tomatoes and peppers this summer.