At least, some people call it a fruit, others are rather vehemently of the opinion that it is a vegetable. Me? I kinda fall somewhere in the middle of that debate. On the one hand, I use it like a vegetable, adding it to soups, sauces and as a healthy side dish. Then again, I'm just about as liable to eat one out of hand, rather like an apple. Which everyone seems to agree is a fruit.
At any rate...
When I went outside today to water (we got some rain, but not nearly enough, last night) everything my eye was caught by a flash of red deeeeeep in the midst of my tomatoes.
It was a ripe tomato, at last!
However. It is not your average, everyday, beautiful baseball shaped image of loveliness pictured in the gardening magazines. Instead, I got this:
Yah, I know... looks kinda.. well... almost... obscene! And what's with the one green part? The ripe part was almost too ripe....
But uhmm.... it was quite delicious, right off the vine and still warm from the sun. I can't wait for the others to ripen. The covers worked very well this winter. We're due for some nice weather, highs in the 70's and lows in the 50's t0 60's. This is the part of the year we live for in Houston. Not too hot, not too cold, just right.
But DANG! That was an ugly tomato!
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Plant a seed!