Turdmato?

Larry and I have seen countless ads on T.V. about an inverted tomato plant hanger. I was enthralled by the ingenuity of the contraption and wanted one but they cost $20 for just the contraption - no plant or dirt included. So, Larry, who grew up in a plant nursery, suggested that he can make one for me to which I agreed most readily.

True to his word, he hung one right outside of our front door one day. Now, I am watching this plant to see when the fruit get bigger and when new flowers pop up. The most exciting part really is when you see a tiny little green bump inside the flower which is a baby tomato forming. We keep praying for bees to pollinate the plant so we can have more fruit. We have two BIG ones and one leetle one growing up at the top.

Roughly two weeks ago - on a lawn-mowing adventure in our larger backyard - Larry stumbled upon a growth right above the septic tank. He recognised the little yellow flowers and called me to tell me that he discovered a tomato plant growing out of our septic tank! He decided to pull it out of the very fertile soil it was growing in and repotted it with a trellis. At that point it was below the first rung. Now it is humumgous! We dubbed it the Turdmato.

It didn't take long during its explosive growth for little fruit to pop up and for us to identify Cherry Tomatoes. This is exciting, because I usually buy large tubs of Cherry Tomatoes from Sam's Club for the salads we eat with dinner nearly every night. (At least now we know where the seed came from....)

I told Larry God was illustrating to us how He can take our crappy situations and turn them into something useful for us. :-)