I remember back in the spring, the Farm Manager went to the garden centre to pick up some tomato plants. She was going for one cherry tomato plant and five of big round heirloom types. We were hoping to put in some tomato sauce, and the cherry tomatoes are great in salads and pasta dishes.
It's hard to know what you're buying. They all look the same. She transplants her six little tomato plants into her 10 x 10 kitchen garden, along with some peppers, radishes, and onions. I slipped in a few cannabis seeds as well.
That all looked pretty good when we planted the last week in May.
You forget how big a tomato plant can get. Or a pot plant.
Long story short, that 10 x 10 kitchen garden became a jungle. And, unbeknownst to us at the time, we'd planted five cherry tomato plants and one of the others, instead of the other way around.
Do you have any idea how many cherry tomatoes you have to pick to make a few jars of tomato sauce?
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