Just came across this guy's blog:
http://www.brucebradley.com/
Good stuff, so I added him to the Inspirations list on the side.

Why Lovin' the McRib Isn't Heart Smart
By Meredith Melnick, Time

More tomatoes! They're little, and if the last singular tomato was any indication, they'll stay that way. I counted at least six of them, but they're hard to spot due to the sideways, bushy nature of my tomato plant. I was going to get a tape measure and figure out how far away they are growing from the edge of the pot the plant is in, but I forgot about it before I came inside. I would estimate that the two of the tomatoes are at least three to four feet from the edge of the pot. The others are all a little closer. The plant grew sideways out of it's container, leaning toward the shade offered by the shade of the swing next to it. This is where the tomatoes are currently growing. We'll see what happens to them. I'll have to keep an eye on the weather to make sure it doesn't get too cold for them out there. You can see the leaning plant in the background of the picture below.


My pepper plants are still peppering away. I cut a couple of the gypsy peppers off today.


Our Meyer lemon tree has a bit of a lean to it. A nearby standing planter fell on it during a storm. We didn't notice until a few days later. I think I may try to adjust it so it grows a little straighter. You can see that one of the lemons is turning yellow.

Get Your Mujo On
from the Miss Minimalist Blog

So before I left on my last trip, I went ahead a pulled the one and only tiny tomato off my big tomato plant. It wasn't quite ripe enough to eat, but it didn't look like it would tolerate being left on the plant for another four days, as it was already looking a bit beat up. I brought it inside, and set it on an open space near the edge of the counter, back along the wall. I'm a fool for doing so. At some point while I was away a cat got up on the counter(where they aren't allowed to be but go anyway) and decided to knock it off the counter. Where did it end up???D.C. appears to be shaking his head at the sight of an inedible(for him anyway) tomato sitting in his food bowl. "What the *!#% is this!?!"

Monsanto Plans To Sell Sweet Corn In Your Local Supermarket
BY Ariel Schwartz, Fast Company


I just signed a petition telling major grocery stores around the country that I don't want Monsanto's sweet corn on the shelves. Will you join me and help stop this unsafe food?
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/monsanto_sweet_corn/?r_by=27506-3960353-BsEZIVx&rc=confemail

I caught another grasshopper on my tomato plant. I let Figment check it out through the window before I carried it away to the tall grass at the end of our building and let it go. She was only mildly interested. The grasshopper didn't do much other than poop on my hand while I was holding it there. I'm not sure Figment even realized what I had on my hand.

My upside down tomato plant didn't do so well while I was away for about four days. Temperatures were in the upper nineties, clear skies, and no rain. The leaves got all wilted looking, but a few hours after I watered the outdoor plants, they were looking normal again.

The regular tomato plant still has only one tomato(still small and green) but many more flowers on it that it has had in the past. Does that mean it will make more tomatoes? The other plants in self watering containers handled the heat and sun a little better. Of course the day after I got home and gave them all a good soaking, we had thunderstorms moving through the area all day that dumped a decent amount of rain. Wish that would have happened while I was away.

Another "gypsy pepper" ready to be picked. I see a salad in it's future.