I’m attempting to grow a few beefsteak tomato plants in containers on my patio this year to test my brown thumb again. How does one kill cacti? Couldn’t tell you. It just happens 🙁 Up until last year I’ve managed to keep only five spindly green houseplants alive longer than a few years.
Things may be taking a turn for the better though. Last year a wonderful neighbour gave a bunch of us ladies in the building seedling cherry tomato plants to kick off the summer solstice. Gulp! I panicked. Could I nurture this living organism to maturity? Or would I have to bare facing my neighbour as the person who puts her summer solstice gesture out to pasture? Continue reading