Unexpected Discovery

Last night I was walking home from my Spanish class and I saw something so exciting that I had to get my camera out right away and take a picture so that I could share it with you. Can you spot what I'm talking about?

Look in the right hand side of the picture and you'll see a healthy little tomato plant growing right out of the pavement in front of this office building in the centre of Manchester. It's a pretty busy street with lots of passers by so I'm amazed it has lasted this long - rather irritatingly it looks in much better condition than some of the more pampered specimens that I've got in my own greenhouse at the plot! I'm really intrigued to see if it will produce any tomatoes so, as it's just behind where I work, I'm going to keep popping out to see how it's getting on. I'll keep you posted...

Comments

[Manor Stables Veg Plot]

I've got tommys growing out of my large planters with cordellines in them in a courtyard - I 'top dressed' with my compost from last year! Obviously not getting hot enough. But, I have 4 plants, all with fruit on them! More tommies!!! Hurrah!

[Liz]

It's right next to a Subway sandwich shop so I suspect someone took a dislike to the tomato on their butty! I agree Lou - you'd have to be brave to eat the tomatoes if any grow...

[Lou]

There was one last year growing at the base of a wall in Norwich on quite a busy street. It lasted quite a long time and I remember seeing flowers but don't think it had any fruits. Would have been at perfect dog wee height though anyway!

[Jo]

I've never seen a tomato plant growing in such an unusual place before. I wonder how it got there.

[Gabrielle Anderson]

It made me laugh as i have had the same experience with trying to grow lupins and failing miserably year after year only to see them growing in abundance on the side of a busy road. I've seen bushes of wonderful rocket on the path to the beach but I have never seen an urban tomato. Guerilla gardening at its natural best!