How much have you ever paid for a tomato? I'm not talking about Wal-Mart rollback tomatoes. I'm talking about Farmers Market tomatoes where they're straight off the vine and perfectly ripe. You're thinking *I'd give a pretty penny for a tomato like that* aren't ya?
Well, I can beat that. I gave more than 4000 pennies for A TOMATO. And I even had to put the blood, sweat and tears into growing it because it came out of MY garden!
Why a $40 tomato, Rylee? Why?
Because that's what all the plants, planters, potting soil, plant feeder, etc cost me to grow this tomato. Because my tomato plants seem to have given their 2 week notice and this is the only fruit I've been able to harvest. Because some species of worm has moved in to one of my plants and taken up residence. And if I don't get any more fruit off of these plants, I will have put 2 months of my life and more than $40 into THIS tomato. Lord help me.
Was it at least good? hee hee I'm still working on my green thumb, so no advice for ya. I lucked out with my plants. My Mom did the planting and the beginning stages. I had to maintain & harvest. I was thankful they survived.
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