How I did it: the first year, I bought a tomato plant. It died. The second year, a tomato plant sprouted in the dirt from my compost bin.  It grew nice and tall, but wilted at the slightest heat.  I keep a container garden on my covered balcony, so it never got water unless I watered it myself.  Finally, I went on vacation and the tomato plant fell down . . . but not before one tiny tomato formed on the top branch.  Even though the plant died, the tomato got ripe.  I'm counting that as my one tomato. 

Lessons & tips: water, water, water!  a tomato cage would be really helpful too. 

Resources: home depot for the original plant and my rubbermaid composting bins. 

Sep 12, 07:13PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers