Recently, I've taken to gardening. Considering that I live in an apartment, this means one thing; pots on my balcony where there is lots of sun and quite warm during the day. Knowing this, I planted various plants that would submit to the warmth and be fine with it, like red salvia, green onions, bougonvillea, strawberries, parsley, and last but not least and my personal favorite, my Black Krim tomato plant.

Previously, I had a basil plant that was my pride and joy. It grew to two feet in height and was very impressive. I was about to chop it all down and make a massive amount of pesto with them, when I noticed something. Little red DEVILS skittering along the surface of the basil's board leaves. Pissed, I bought ladybugs and sprayed the hell out of the plant. A month later, the infestation was so bad, I chucked my previous favorite plant over the edge of my balcony, deciding that it wasn't worth it to try to keep the basil alive.

Thinking the war was behind me, I began to tend to my flowering tomatoes, waiting for the first harvest. And I found one. The little red pin prick of Satan, sitting there, with a little web near its feet... the spider mite had returned. Fuckers! Though, luckily, I caught them in time, and have been SQUISHING them with my wash clothes and am going to get an organic miticide.

Little asshats are not getting my Black Krim. They can suck it.