Mango madness

Yeah I know they are not a fruit that you can grow in northwest Indiana, but here was this sad little fruit that nobody wanted to eat. Oh what was a garden deprived gardener supposed to do?

Why the answer my friends is simple. Fish out the giant hairy seed from the juicy, squishy, half rotting flesh.

What then? Well you carefully pry the hard seed shell away from the embryo plant and bury it in a pot of soil mix. The shell and all the mushy leftovers go into the compost of course.

Then carefully wrap the planted container in plastic. I used all recycled materials, including a milk jug and a bread bag so this plant has cost me $0!  I am the queen of thrifty gardening.

By the way, my single little tomato plant finally bloomed for the first time this year and its set fruit on those first blooms as well :). Now that makes me very happy. And yes, I need to weed it this coming weekend.

But thank you anyway for pointing out the weeds ;). And to tie this tomato into my thriftiness, I will be saving the seeds from this. Though black cherry isn't really an heirloom, it is open pollinated and stable so I will get for the most part, plants nearly identical to the original.