When we discovered that we were buying a new house, the first thing we needed to do to sell ours was to sort out the garden. A few weeks after our friend Dan had miraculously transformed it for us, Paul spotted a tomato plant growing in one of the borders. It was swiftly followed by another, on the other side of the garden!
It’s possible that they were seeded from fallen tomatoes grown in previous years, or more likely from the the partially-processed contents of the compost bin. Either way, we figured it was much too late in the year for tomatoes to develop, but we decided to allow the plants to grow in the flower borders anyway.
Imagine our surprise when Paul went out this evening and found this little tomato! It’s the only one so far, although there have been quite a few flowers, so perhaps we might see a couple more.