Samantha's Tomato Plants

Last year, Samantha planted two tomato plants in pots on our back deck.  We honestly weren't sure how well they would do, but they were gifted to us by one of our neighbors and Sam was excited about them.  It turns out that they did phenomenally well ... and we vowed to let her do the same thing again this year.

On Sunday, we headed down the road to a local greenhouse and let her pick out two tomato plants (and a jalopeno plant) all by herself.  (I would love to plant more, but they must stay on our back deck because we have a lot of deer that come into the back yard).

And as usual, I couldn't resist at least one other picture of my beautiful girl:

As soon as we got home, we set to work getting the three plants in pots.  The excitement was written all over her face!

Packing down the soil:

Watering them:

And posing with the tomato plants ... (The jalopeno plant is on the other side of the deck):

The hardest part in all of this is making her understand that it will take a long time (60 days) for the plants to start bearing any tomatoes.  She woke up the next morning expecting to see red, ripe grape tomatoes on her plants, and was sorely disappointed.  I think that she is finally beginning to comprehend, and I really like that she is so diligent in making sure that all of the plants stay watered on a daily basis.  Hopefully, the plants will not disappoint us!