First off, I'd like to post what I promised last time about "link to come later" or whatever. I have a little "links clearinghouse" that includes not only the promised Podcast link but links to this blog as well as my main blog: Knittingfoolelinks. Ok, there you go. Now, on to Tomato Business ™. Putting in more plant food was today's task. I keep a little shot glass next to the Aerogarden to make things super easy. It has little markings on the side so I know how much I'm pouring. I got the bright idea to put a little water in the shot glass (using the watering can I also keep right there) after pouring the plant food in, swishing it, and pouring that in before topping off the water. That way the shot glass can stay in its place longer before the journey to the kitchen sink has to occur. I know it's really simple, but sometimes things like this just don't occur to me right away. They say Einstein had the same problem. No, no he didn't. I made that part up. At any rate.......I made a tinfoil light reflector to put behind the tomatoes and reflect that all-important light back to the little guys so they would ripen. I took it off, though, to take the main picture. It's just too "reflecty" sometimes. Looking around, I noticed that little guy. Hi Little Guy! Basically the tomatoes and I have settled into a comfortable routine of coming by to check on them daily, snipping off branches that grow into the lights, feeding when necessary, etc. The routine is becoming comfy, like the aforementioned pajamas. The tomatoes are not so exciting anymore. But that's not a bad thing. The tomatoes seem to doing pretty well. We'll see if we get some more tomatoes that were as big as the first ones. Comparing the sizes of the first few tomatoes to what I expected not only from descriptions on the Aerogarden website but also reports from other Aerogarden tomato growers, I think I must have gotten extremely lucky. I was told to prepare for VERY small cherry tomatoes. That's not a problem for me. I like these little guys. A final picture for today. More about the tinfoil later. I've got some other things to do now, and I've taken way too long with this little post. Eventually I'll figure things out so I can streamline the blogging process, then I can get into some more things that I want to do with this garden.
In the meantime, Happy tomatoing!
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