So, I’ve been ignoring the compost pile this year. Its covered in weeds, and I’m sure the tree roots are enjoying it entirely. Its just been too busy a summer.
Yesterday afternoon I took the kitchen scraps out and noticed what looked like 4 or 5 tomato seedlings popping up out of it.
Then I looked closer.
And realized it wasn’t 4 or 5 little plants. What I was seeing was the ends of the branches of one HUGE tomato plant. The base stem a good inch in diameter.
I dug out my garden stakes and stood it upright. Curved as it is it comes up to my chin, if the stalk was straight it’d be over my head. Its got several flowers on it, and at least one baby tomato forming.
It gets, at most, a couple hours of dappled sunlight there. The spot itself is VERY wet…..
It’ll be interesting to see what it produces!