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| Click on Image to Enlarge Garden Sweetheart Cherry Tomatoes |
One of the four tomato plants I've grown on my front porch this summer is a cherry tomato variety known as Garden Sweetheart.
Grown from seed, this plant is prolific: Over 8 feet (2.5 metres) tall and producing as many as 16 of the bright red heart-shaped fruit in a cascade from each stem. Everyone who's tried them declares these garden sweethearts to be a juicy tomato with great taste.
In a fierce wind last week, the entire unwieldy fruit-laden plant - heavy pot included - blew right over and hit the deck with a loud thump. We lost a few green tomatoes in the mishap, but the red ones knocked loose were salvaged. Most of the remaining fruit held on tightly and we righted the hardy plant, securing it firmly to the porch railing with a well-camouflaged bungee cord.
I've been growing these Garden Sweethearts for the special man in my life who's always been quite partial to cherry tomatoes: my own garden sweetheart, Doug. He's been amazingly supportive of this garden project all along, and deserves to enjoy these fruits of our considerable labour.
