Easy Reachable Tomato Growing

Tomato Success Kit, Terra Cotta

Tomatoes are a big favorite in my home. Eating them fresh off the vine, sliced in a salad or layered with mozzarella cheese and basil, it all tastes good. Tomatoes don't have to grow in the ground, and for many of us containers are the way to go. My tomatoes are growing fast and furious with the warm weather we've been having. 

It's important to stake or cage your tomatoes when they are growing as the weight of the tomatoes(I do anticipate success and so should you) can snap the branches especially when those summer breezes or thunderstorms pop up.

Personally I prefer cages as they tend to stay in place. Stakes wiggle depending on the the dryness of the soil.  Tomatoes like sunshine so locate your containers in a sunny location.

Here's my wife's easy recipe for the tomato, basil and mozzarella cheese salad.  She serves it as a side dish or lunch. (Restaurants call it Tomatoes a la Caprese-I call it good salad) It's one of my favorite ways of eating tomatoes and the basil from the container garden.

Preparation

Assemble the salad with slices of tomatoes, basil leaves, and mozzarella slices. Sprinkle extra virgin olive oil over the salad. Add a dash of vinegar (optional) and a very light sprinkling of salt and pepper.

This is the time when all the work of gardening becomes a true taste delight.

All in a gardeners day,

Photo of Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella cheese courtesy of Neil Gould   

Photo of Tomato Success Kit, Terra Cotta courtesy of Gardeners Supply