Every summer I look forward to homegrown tomatoes. This year, maybe more than others, I await the

fresh garden tomatoes with much anticipation. First, the rain we've gotten this year has got my potted tomato plants growing like weeds. I think they have sprung up about 8 inches in the past week and a half. Second, the tomato salmonella scares in the news each night, and how they are pulling tomatoes out of the supermarket shelves, has me wishing my home grown garden tomatoes were ready now. But although they do have little yellow blossoms on them, and although the plants are over a foot tall, I still am anxiously awaiting the first little tomato to begin to form from the blossom. This evening I spent time on my tomato care: grooming the plants, assuring there is air flow between the leaves, cutting off any withered or yellowing leaves. Somehow I just know that this year will be a great year for tomatoes!

6/23/08 Update - noticed that there are 2 tomatos started on one of my tomato plants. Have decided to instigate a 'pruning' plan on my tomatos. This year is destined to be the year of pruning as I've had luck pruning my petunias and now I'm hoping my pruning plan will help me to have more tomatos and healthier tomato plants.