Flavorless Tomato

Our pint sized garden during happier times

(note: all of the homes are now sold so that huge sign should be removed from our yard any day now.)

I thought the caterpillar was our worst enemy, so I made an all natural citrus solution to drive them away. It worked.

Then last week I noticed that the cilantro was practically dead and covered with aphids! yuck! So I purchased an herbal pesticide. Our tomato and zucchini (on the left) were out of control, so we Velcroed them to some stakes for support.

That same night we had a Texas sized storm which practically blew in our french doors of our bedroom as we were sleeping. We however, not being used to having to care for anybody other than ourselves, didn’t even think of the garden as it was being slapped silly by the storm. I regret to say I made the discovery after coming home from work. Branches and leaves were violently snapped and all plants were in a sad and hunched over state. (pictures were not posted due to the graphic nature of their content).

Poor tomato is easily half as large as it was pre-storm. Dr. Nancy (my mom who is wise in all things natural) informed me earlier in the week to not snap the branches as it would make tomato flavorless. I informed her that I would keep tomato safe…

Not all discoveries were sad though. Since the plants were bending over, their “jewels” were exposed!