YOU SAID:
tomatoes are growing in my backyard today
INTO JAPANESE
トマトは今日私の裏庭で成長しています
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Tomatoes are growing in my backyard today.
INTO JAPANESE
トマトは今日、私の裏庭で育っています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Tomatoes are growing in my backyard today.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.