My First Tomato

Toby picked the first red tomato of the season yesterday. He then proceeded to launch it across the yard like a golf ball, oblivious to the fact that this was a momentous occasion for me, the novice gardener. It shows that despite my utter lack in skill, weeding, and overall attention, our garden has actually produced an edible vegetable. Well, I guess that fact remains to be seen because our first visibly-edible vegetable is now rotting somewhere near the neighbor's fence, or has been devoured by a local rodent. (Which we have several; have I mentioned Toby's attempt at petting a skunk, thinking it was a cat?)

We have five or six blooming tomato plants and three or four peppers (on six pepper plants). We've used the basil we planted in several dishes, but it now looks like it's been eaten away by bugs. We'll see if we can salvage any more of it to coincide with the fothcoming tomato harvest--a summer Caprice Salad was our original goal when we started the garden back in April.