Monday, August 04, 2008

Poop Tomato

Heh, sounds interesting eh? Well a couple of months back, can't remember exactly when, but Mrs. LK noticed what looked to be remnants of a fire along side our little rental house. It was late and I didn't take a look until the next day. Turns out what looked like a small pile of burnt ash was in fact something even worse. Our refuse was bubbling up from underground. The sewer pipe came out of the house right where the "mess" was. We informed the landlord, AKA The Warden, and within a day or so he had it taken care of. (Thank you.)

About two weeks ago I noticed some rather large weeds growing on that side of the house. Upon closer inspection they turned out not to be weeds. In the picture below the gray line is where the sewer pipe is buried. When they dug down to fix it they piled dirt along both sides of that line. Now I've got tomato plants growing where the dirt was piled.



Well I took some more pics today and those tomato plants are now covered in little green tomatoes. I'm thinking that if the wild critters around here don't get them those are gonna be some damn fine tomatoes. I mean that ground has been heavily fertilized for who knows how long. Mrs. LK says she doesn't want anything to do with them. Maybe I don't either, but still they're looking good and plants themselves smell great and the bugs have left them alone.



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2 Comments:

Blogger Stacey said...

Hahaha! OMG, hilarious!

8/04/2008 07:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Protect those little tomatoes! They will be fantastic. Keep the ugly green slug-things off 'em as they get bigger. They are actually called Tomato Slugs and they are exactly, down to the Pantone color, the same as the plant. Look for their droppings and pull the buggers off with pliers. Otherwise, they will grow well and will be wonderful.

These will be much safer than the ones from the store. If in doubt, cook 'em down and sprinkle with some salt and herbs. Spread over a crusty loaf and enjoy.

- Cheeselover

8/04/2008 09:38:00 PM  

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