Original: After 7 years of British countryside life, I start to explore a part of special British life style: Gardening work. 2006, I started with 3 plants of zucchini(courgettes)and 4 plants of different types tomatoes.Observing nature is amazing, looking how it grows and creating the production.That's a beautiful experience in this kind of world,you seems to purify.I was so happy with my plants started to take photos and draw them... To share my joy,one day I brought some zucchini to my friend Yuki, in London. When I saw The Gerkin, I thought about my grown zucchini which had never seen the world so I asked my friend to show my zucchini London and we took a photo of them together. So with Yuki and my zucchini,we had a tour in London. Therefore,I liked travelling with my Veg. When I was going to Italy for the summer holiday and saw a big tomato in my garden, I was very worried that unpredictable the British weather was not good for it.I decided to take one with us even though it was still premature, I imagined the hot weather would be good for it. I was so proud of my green tomato which I showed to my family and neighbours in Italy. I've to say it isn't a clever idea to show the Italian a tomato. A few day before back to England, the green tomato become strangely orange,it was scandal for the Italians, to see such an alien thing from England.Tomato should be red! I thought maybe it needed to get more sunshine, so I took it to have a Italian summer holiday tour and took photos of its travels at the seaside,to the mountains and in the west coast of Italy. I don't know what the tomato thinks of its experience, we ate it before coming back to England on the Apuane mountain. |
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This blog is great!
Is the tomato still there looking over the mountains? In a strange way I think i'd quite like to swap places with that tomato for a little while and see what it is seeing.
I must admit, like most fruit and veg abroad, the tomatoes are always that much nicer then here. Still their not all that bad. Still manage to get a variety - and we have baby tomatoes too.(bitesize tomatoes!)
The tomato plant has arrived safely to its new home in Bethnal Green. It now keeps company with a Tesco basil and two lettice belonging to Natasha, until the day when she comes to pick them up and transport them back to their proper home. Its keeping its distance from the lettice; they seem infested with aphids.
I'm glad you join in the blog, I feel very excited, Can I say it made me feel this blog is my art garden and we are going to grow together.
Sarah, I have to tell you we ate that tomato in the mountain.
Tomato is not so good today - he has contracted aphids; the lettices may have to go! x
Hi, Chao-mi.
It's Yuki.
I'm sorry not able to bring your tomato in Japan.
I feel very comfortable in my own country.
I'm worried that Wendy's tomato became very weak away from home.
hi, yuki, I put your name in my blog now so you can post some thing if you wish.
I don't know if my tomatos plants could servive now because everbody is busy for their own blog and assessement for next 2 weeks so poor tomatos.
cheers
chaoMi
Well at least the tomato didn't go to waste! Im kinda glad I didn't swap places now.
Hope you're having a great weekend.!
FRIDAY MAY 11TH 2007,
WEIGHT, under 1pound
HEIGHT, 17.2cm
BIRTHDAY unknown (so for celebratory purposes roughly around 01/03/2007)
FAVOURITE TIPLE: water, if I feeling a bit adventurous maybe a bit of lemonade - I like the bubbles!(lemonade makes me roots tingle)
FAVOURITE INSECT: the ladybird, its red body makes my leaves look even greener.
PET HATE: snails!!! the bastards! (me aunt cherry was sunbathing in this fantastic allotment once, and this massive antenied freaky sludger of a snail - Burt I believe his name was; slimed his way over across the soil - she couldn't do anything but wait - for two whole days! and 'e got trod on the next day! what a waste!)
IDEAL MR T: Tall, Green, Adventurous, GSOH, Doesn't mind a bit of wind.
IDEAL ROOT TO ROOT: Mint, - How do they stay so fresh?!
Hello!
First of all I should introduce myself. My name is Miss Plum.
I have sixteen beautiful green leaves (similar to the colour of grass).
I am full of clorophyll and raring to grow.
I like sunshine, but wilt a little when it's too hot. After sunbathing I sometimes like a bit of rain to cool down.
Today has been a crazy day. First of all I was with Choumious, and then she gave me away! One minute Im in a suitcase, presumably going places then i slumped on some desk that stinks of turps (When I was younger I used to think I was a turnip).
Next thing I know, I got some blimin plastic bag being wrapped around me - I mean hello - I'm alive - I need oxygen. You know as soon as you've gone into that really dark place of someones rucksack that your life is gonna be short lived.
I thought that was it. i thought the next thing I'd see would be good old burt warbling across white fluffy clouds!
Luckily instead, I'm sat in front of this computer. The rooms not bad, bit dim at the mo, I think I could be comfortable here. Not many other tomatoes though. hummm.
What's that over there, its narrow an a bit like a thick root - like a cylinder I think, it looks silver inside but has got like a gold nd black wrapper. It's also got a plus at one end and a minus on the other end - humm, whats it say 'DUR,' ooh, hang on 'DURA..DURAC...DURACELL'. 'DURACELL' Where do Duracell grow?
What's this down here, there's a blue plastic bit with two holes, one slightly larger then the other then they join by two long metal things that overlapSCISSORS, oh my god oh my god, SCISSORS! sCISSORS! TOMATO ALERT TOMATO ALERT, THERE ARE SCISSORS NEARBY - SENDING SOS - SCISSORS!!!!!!!!!!!
to be cont.....
Hi,Sarah,
It's great what you wrote, I 'm going to invite you and you can post it in blog.
ChaoMi
Hi,Sarah and friends
Can you send me your email address and I can invite you to join in to post your work. Please,
chaomi.ko@gmail.com
Hi,
Thank you so much for your email address. I will have to tommorrow now. I'm enjoying the tomato plant!Just thought would email you nect diary entrance as is getting quite late.x
SATURDAY 12TH MAY
WEIGHT under 1 pound
HEIGHT 18.7cm.
...the scissors are still there but they haven't moved all day so I feel better now then I did yesterday.
Today I sat on my desk all day watching from the window as the rain fell. When I say fell, I don't mean like the rain fell over - that would just be silly, you know, I mean came down, not in showers of gold or anything - like that purve Zeus.
There was also a bit of Drama today, - Gonzales the spider who lives under the carpet creeped out. Screaming and flapping of arms ensued, followed by the rash emptying of a cotton bud holder were emptied all over the floor. A quick dash to where Gonzales was waiting and watching this little fiasco, and as the cotton bud dispenser was about to be launched on 'im - he ran. He was a lot faster then Burt.
I feel a bit light headed at the mo, tired from stretching all day I think. There's a glass the size of me right opposite, I think 'they' call it a 'pyne glass'? Its sure is strange. I can sort of see myself in it but I'm sure my stem doesn't look as wide as that in real life?
Maybe I need a bigger pot?
WEIGHT: hardly enything now!
HEIGHT: 6cm
SUNDAY 13TH MAY
Oh for gods sakes!
I have just fallen off of the desk! One minute I'm absolutely fine then I get shoved off the edge - room spinning, roots dislodged, the soil's halfway across the carpet - I'll never get it all back! and to top it off, i'm all bent - I'm so sad...,
I remember seeing the tour of the tomato in photographs spread right around your lounge, it was magnificent. It is so nice to see one posted here for all to see and wow, what a view he had!
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