Tomatoes!

Here it is, people. Proof that you really can put a seed in dirt, grow a plant, and wind up with a tomato in a matter of months:

Look how perfect it is! It’s definitely the most flawless tomato I’ve grown this year — not a spot on it! I haven’t sliced it yet, but I’m willing to bet it’s going to taste as good as it looks.
I also picked the first Striped Cavern to ripen. What a great plant — it’s at least four and a half feet tall, growing like a monster, and has tons of tomatoes on it, but they’re all pretty small. Look at this little guy:

I can’t wait to cut the top off and see if it’s really hollow inside (apart from the seeds, of course).
I’ve now picked at least one of every variety of tomato I’m growing this year (Striped Cavern, Brandywine, Purple Cherokee, and Mr Stripy). Aren’t they pretty?

They’re lined up in the order listed above, front to back. I guess what I just said before isn’t entirely true — I’ve got about four volunteer cherry tomato plants from seeds that found their way into the dirt last year. Each plant has at least one set of tomatoes growing on it, but they haven’t started to ripen yet. We’ll see what they’re like — I wasn’t at all crazy about the cherries I grew last year, but they were a hybrid, so it’s anybody’s guess as to how good these will be. I think I might oven-roast them, when they’re finally ready.
Tomatoes are go!