Mater Magic!

You may remember, last year I didn't have much success with my tomato plants - three plants, lots of little yellow flowers, and not a single tomato! I decided to try one more time, and planted one tomato plant this year - in a pot this time. Well, ever since I planted it I've been watching and watching, and it seemed like it was going to be a repeat of last year. I finally gave up and continued watering it but never really looking closely in hopes of finding tomatos.

Then, about two weeks ago, I looked over at the tomato plant as I was unlocking the back door, and this is what I saw:

Was that a tomato? I immediately looked closer, and sure 'nuf - I'm growing a tomato! I actually found four others that were even bigger. Five tomatos! I was so excited!

Since then, the tomato plant is doing GREAT! I'm up to eight tomatos. The biggest one is about the size of a ping-pong ball, and the others aren't far behind. There's even one more teeny tiny one, which tells me maybe my plant isn't finished producing tomatos.

Now, if I could just speed up time, because I am SO ready to see them grow big and red, and cut them up for a scrumpteous BLT or yummy salad. Did I mention I love tomatos?!