my first tomato!

it was 104° here yesterday, and will be again today, so this morning i went out to check the garden and turn on the soaker hoses. all week i've been eyeing the first cherry tomato on my sweet millions plant. it was the first tomato to fruit in the whole garden, and had been slowly turning orange.

well, this morning it was finally bright red, so i picked it. it was a sweet and tasty mouthful, and well worth the wait.

i can't wait until the other varieties start to ripen. yum.