Tomato 2017

Getting back to food gardening, this year we, @heathervence and I, had one potted tomato plant. It was advertised as an heirloom variety, so we'll be keeping a batch of seeds to plant in the spring and see how well they perform. If they do well, we'll probably look at other heirloom plants from the same vendor.

We were late getting started with it; July I think.

In a round bottom pot, we had to cage and stabilize on the wall sooner than an in-ground plant would have needed.

I'm still not sure what kind of bugs in the native soil up here would get into the plant. One caterpillar almost did the whole thing in.

The trick when I lived in Orlando was to water them AM and PM. It seems about that level here, too.

Here in the Georgia mountains, it is starting to cool down, and you never quite know how long it'll last, so here are a few shots from today.

The productivity on this was pretty good for a late start. We've only had about 6 and a few to go as you can see. I suspect next year we'll have a much larger total harvest. Additionally, we'll clear a weed patch for the garden and put it in the ground. Maybe we'll even get large enough to trade with a few friends and neighbors.

Any comments? Anyone else from north Georgia or southern Appalachia? I have noticed that food gardens can be very temperamental and specific to growing regions.

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in The Writers' Block non-fiction workshop,
and especially @anarcho-andrei, for editing!