A good start

I have always wanted to be one of those people who have beautiful plants in their home, a well maintained garden full of fruits and vegetables mine for the eating. But up until this point, every living thing that has entered my home, putting it's livelihood in MY hands, has met with an untimely end (this includes beta fish....I miss you Jay and Watkins).

BUT NOW, I have successfully maintained a real live tomato plant. True, it has only been five days, but I think I am primed for a record breaking relationship with this plant. There is special meaning in this plant. It is an actual cutting from my grandfather's plants in Kansas. After he passed away last fall, all of us decided one of the best memories was Grandpa in the garden. So we all have our own tomato plants direct from Kansas. I have one tomato almost ready and two tiny buds in the making.

I plan on doing monthly updates on the plant on the blog. I figure this will make me accountable to others for the life of this plant. So you guys can at least count on a blog once a month. However, should you not hear from me in a couple months, lets just assume I had to take a little trip to the local nursery to find my plant's twin. But I don't think that will be necessary.

Long live Tow-Mader!