Is tomato a vegetable or a fruit?
In a drive to reduce our garbage output, we have decided to dump the biodegradable stuff such as peelings and excess veggie cuttings into the patch of soil outside our house. Before, this dumping ground was near the gate, which is the end farthest from the house. At night, it becomes inconvenient to take the trip - no matter how short it is - to the dumping site because it's c-c-c-c-cold. And so we'd just tiptoe to the edge of the steps and throw stuff at the patch near the house.
A couple of weeks back, we saw this patch nurture a healthy growth of tomatoes! From shrubbery, these grew over the weeks and soon flowers bloomed. Now, we have some tomatoes growing on our small garden! It's quite a pleasing site. At the other end, near the gate, a bitter gourd vine has started to crawl its way around as well.
Having been hyped up by this wonderful growth, I'm planning to purchase some pots and plant other vegetables. My mother-in-law is excited as well, and she waters the tomatoes regularly. We can't wait to harvest these tomatoes!
Question! Is tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Posted in: fruits, vegetables on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at at 3:04 PM
i still consider it a vegetable,, though people have been saying that its a fruit