I’ve tried growing tomatoes here at 27th Street but conditions are marginal because of shade from all the mature trees on and around the property. At our last home, on Blackthorn Ave, we had a small garden but it got a lot of sun and we were very successful tomato growers.

This year, I decided not to plant the usual bunch of tomoato plants, but we do have one “cheater” cherry tomato. I call it a cheater because we bought it already in bloom and even with our mediocre sun, we’ll get enough cherry tomatoes for several salads.

I decided to make a tomato train, so I arranged the wagon behind the locomotive, set them up in front of Mrs. Goose and set the cherry tomato plant on the wagon.