These little tomatoes are growing at the base of our driveway.
I picked three, and ate one. It was the sweetest tomato I have ever had. Leah agreed. Sam did not.
This spindly tomato plant is a second-year volunteer. I noticed tomatoes growing at the same place late last summer. I noticed these a couple of days ago. The plant was hidden by tall weeds, so I didn’t realize it was there until the tomatoes ripened.
I am pretty sure these came from a neighbor just up the road. I think she probably pulled up some old tomato plants late one summer a few years ago and threw them across the road. The old fruit decayed and the seeds washed away, eventually finding a home at the base of our driveway. Then they germinated and grew last summer, dropping their fruit at their feet. That fruit rotted and released its seeds, which sprouted this year.
And then I picked some and ate them. We will probably eat a few more, but we’ll leave the rest to drop to the ground. Maybe we’ll have more next year.
Love seeing those volunteer tomatoes there. Yum. We have a similar volunteer batch here that have been growing every year since we first planted the garden. They are hearty plants that produce delicious little yummy tomatoes.
Robin — I can’t figure out what kind ours are. They are small, like cherry tomatoes. We may plant some next year. Our grocery store tomatoes might as well be made of plastic.