Plant of the Week

The plant of the week in the Capital City is the tomato. While not a native plant to Minnesota, it is widely grown here, often in my backyard. This one is of the Celebrity variety and will be bearing fruit in a couple of months.




The tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum, syn. Solanum lycopersicum) is an herbaceous, usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins tobacco, chili peppers, potato, and eggplant. The tomato is native to Central, South, and southern North America from Mexico to Argentina. It is a perennial, often grown outdoors in temperate climates as an annual. [from Wikipedia]

There was tennis this morning at Sibley High School in the wind. We had eight senior guys fighting the variable gusts and used two courts. It was inconsistent and frustrating at times, but the sun was shining and we were outside having fun in a kid's game. I went home tired and happy to have spent some quality time outside.

The Bianchi Cutie(BC), previously known as KS, is getting a name change to Prairie Princess (PP). After spending about a week in her new job saving the prairie and driving a big truck, she has embraced her new moniker.