One of the best projects done for grandchildren has been growing baby tomatoes.
Each year new tomato plants show up on the back porch of our house.
When the grands arrive for a visit, they are shown the small shoots of greenery that will eventually sprout tomatoes
Each visit becomes exciting. The grands want to see the progress of the tomatoes.
Right now, some sprouts are still growing and being carefully watered by little hands.
One plant has green tomatoes, smaller than golf-ball size, that the grands are yearning to pick.
They are gently prodded to let the green globes get red. Then they can pick and eat them!
The avocado pit one grand planted last year is growing taller and taller.
"Gotta" love some parts of summer and occasional visits from some special guests.
HAVE YOU GROWN YOUR OWN TOMATOES?
5 comments:
No, I do not have a green thumb at all but my son has tomatoes, asparagus, cucumbers (He just made dill pickles) and lots of other plants in his back yard garden that is on stilts and in containers high up so rabbits and the like won't get to the plants. I love eating tomatoes right off the vine.
That avocado is getting big and I love your little tomatoes - do the kids eat them?
Tomatoes cause inflammation in your body. I avoid them now. When my babes were your kids’ size, they picked EVERY green tomato from my neighbor’s garden🥴Boy was I embarrassed!
When our grandkids were young they loved watching Grandpa's garden grow and picking ripe tomatoes. Such a simple joy and so memorable.
That will be nice when the tomatoes are ripe and the grandchildren can pick them and eat them. There's nothing like home grown tomatoes. My dad had a garden across the street from his house, and he grew many veggies, including tomatoes. They are so much better than the ones at the store. I hope your baby tomatoes grow well. And soon they will be eaten by your precious young ones. : )
~Sheri
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