The Gardens and the stalker
Finally the gardens are planted. If I could just stay away from them for a wee while, I am sure they would do much better. Today I was pruning brand new plants (why? they are new plants) to get rid of any part of the whatever plant wasn’t prefect. I killed a perfectly fine Russian tomato plant. I was clipping off a lower leaf because it had a little yellow around the edge and clipped in too far and snapped the whole top of the plant off. What a jerk! If anyone else had done that to my perfectly fine tomato plant that had three tiny tomatoes on it – I would have ripped their head off!!! I was so angry at myself that I just left the poor lame plant to die a slow death in the baking hot sun. When I finished my Pilates and a short meditation I went out and got that sad little tomato plant and put it into a glass of water with a bit of plant food. Just maybe it will come back to life and grow some roots or at the very least not have such an agonizing death. Good thing we are going away for four days – keep this monster away from the garden!
I checked on that little Russian tomatoe plant that I thought I killed and I have not killed it. The top part of the plant is in a short mason jar with water that has been infused with a little Miracle Grow. It now has sprung some roots and the three little tomatoes that are on it have grown a little bit bigger.
The bottom half of the plant that I left in the ground is actually doing pretty good. It is growing quite fast and seems to be reseasonbly happy.
So it turns out that I am not the rotten stalker that I had originally thought. Good thing for that meditation – it had me focused on the Russian Tomatoe plant.
I will keep you posted!
Comment by Susan — June 24, 2009 @ 9:45 am
Okay the top part of the little Russian tomatoe plant has kicked the bucket but not without leaving behind two little ripe tomatoes. The bottom part though is doing great with quite a few flowers and a couple of little tomatoes.
Comment by Susan — July 22, 2009 @ 1:11 pm
We are now enjoying sweet tomatoes from this little Russian tomato plant. It is still producing.
Comment by Susan — September 2, 2009 @ 3:52 pm