Serendipi-tomato

I mentioned in a previous post that the backyard at the new house came with a tomato plant.

before

Tomato jungle, is more like it.

An un-staked, un-caged mound of indeterminate tomato monster, that I had been ignoring. I knew there were a lot of tomatoes ripening, and rotting, in that jungle, and Saturday I finally decided it was time to clean it up.

What I found, after a lot of cutting, was actually two tomato plants and a nicely-edged bed that they were presumably supposed to grow in. I also found a whole bunch of ripe little tomatoes, which I'll be oven drying in the next couple days.

How's that for serendipity?

after

 Think there will be any volunteers next year?