WHAT THE!!!

recently i've decided that charging 3 bucks for a small handful of cherry tomatoes is WRONG.. so, as a sign of protest i'm growing my own!!

i bought 3 seedlings, put them in pots with 'premium' organic potting mix, put up support stakes, and they grew and flowered.. i was ecstatic at the sight of the first fruit, apart from some minor glitches (e.g. an army of caterpillar had to die a squishy death but taking several tomatoes with them, some casualties to the 'blossom end rot' and lopping off half of the foliage due to some disease that put lots of little holes in the leaves..).. so here are my babies...


yes they are beautiful aren't they.. and yes, it all bear some resemblance to the picture that came with the pot.. but then.. there's this...

errmmm.. WHAT THE?? yes.. look at picture - small, oval.. look at actual tomatoe.. hmph.. yes.. round and absolutely MASSIVE!! something's not adding up.. and there's no amount of squinting, self denial or photoshop can make these babies grape tomatoes.. although i do love it just as much as the other two.. but.. i think mr. bunnings is going to get a 'false advertising' complaint letter some time..