We are smack dab in the middle of winter here in Western Massachusetts, and although our winter hasn't been as bad as those poor folks in the Mid-Atlantic states, I have a bad case of cabin fever. Which brings me to the start of this project.
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Penny, and the past 6 months or so have been a bit on the tumultuous side. I will spare you the details, but the end result is that I now live in the second floor apartment of my sister's house with my 2 children and my 3 cats. We live in Springfield, which is the 3rd largest city in the state of Massachusetts, and where we are not living downtown, this location is more urban than we are used to. We have a backyard, and even a bit of a front yard, but not much has been done with it. My sister has had a small garden in the back in the past, but we have decided to put some real effort into spiffing this place up a bit. A project is born.
Now, since its only February, and too damn cold to go out and even do some cleanup in the back, I have decided to soothe my cabin fever with this side project of my own...a blog to follow our progress. I wanted to start it now so I have something creative to work on so I don't go completely insane before its time to plant peas. So here I am!
Are you wondering about the name of the blog? I couldn't come up with anything clever on my own so I asked the most clever people I know to help me come up with something and after a bit of deliberation and talking it out, I arrived at this. A shout out to my friend TH for helping the thought process along...I had come up with "Tomatohood", which turned into "Its a beautiful day in the tomatohood" to "Hello Tomato!", which sparked the comment "Its always important to greet your vegetables properly"...and so a blog was born. Here are some of the runner up names:
1. Reflections from Longfellow Farms
2. Uncle Hank's Garden
3. You say Tomato
4. Ghetto Tomato Bravado
5. Locavore in the Hood
6. Bulbs in the Hood
Thank you to all that participated in my contest. :O)
Here we go!
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