WIP Wednesday

last time i talked about my tomatoes, this is what was going on. 

that was two weeks ago, so it's time for an update.

the good news ...

this is what my tomato plants look like.  i didn't really think twice about how crazy the foliage was until i saw claudia's plants and ashley's.   

the bad news ....

they've got actual red tomatoes.  i do not.  maybe if my first couple hadn't contracted the rot, i'd have red tomatoes now.  who knows.

the good news ...

i have about 15 smaller green tomatoes (and a couple of bud fruits) growing ROT FREE!! 

it's been a little nerve wracking though.  see, norma told me that to prevent the rot and yellowing leaves, i needed to treat my tomatoes with epsom salts (for the magnesium) and bone meal for the calcium.  the thing is, although i had epsom salt at home, i didn't have bone meal and i didn't have time before my long weekend away to go pick any up.  and i didn't want to leave the plants untreated for 4 additional days.  so i got creative.  and planted a TUMS at the base of each plant.  i figured it couldn't hurt and TUMS are made up of calcium carbonate.

and so far it's working.

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day 110 -- i also had some of my basil on my pasta for dinner