Tomato pickers Molly
Kate and Nana
During their recent
visit to our home, Granddaughter Molly Kate, our son Jeremy and I braved the
high heat index for a quick tour of Baboo and Nana’s vegetable garden.
Well, we call it
“garden.” It consists of four cherry tomato plants, several cucumber vines, a
few pole beans and okra plants, all in our mostly shady backyard.
Molly Kate picks
tomatoes for the first time.
Daddy and daughter
team up to pick Mountain Magic tomatoes.
Parents Katie and
Jeremy are not into gardening, whether the edible or landscaping variety. Molly
Kate was up for the experience, though.
Picking Mexico
Midgets
She wasn’t fazed
by how tiny our tomatoes are. All four are the cherry variety or smaller. But
they do produce abundantly.
They supply enough for us and for involuntary sharing
with the birds as well as intentional sharing with a neighbor who likes their
size and flavor. Not even one of the four varieties is near slicing size,
though, a result of my inept online ordering.
Proud of her
tomato-picking results
Back in the air
conditioning, our young gardener showed her harvest to her mom Katie. Katie
took all the photos above with her iPhone.
cutest little tomato picker I have seen... the little tomatoes look good to me, i love them and would pop them like grapes... and it IS a garden. i love okra but NOT picking it
ReplyDeleteMolly Kate is cuter than EVER!!! And I am ALL for letting kids pick food and showing them where it comes from!
ReplyDeleteMolly Kate is a little doll. Those small tomatoes are great for popping in your mouth while you pick them. I hope Molly Kate ate some. Dianne
ReplyDeleteMolly Kate is sure cute with her pigtails and glasses. I planted tomatoes at the Denver house for the first time (cannot grow them at altitude). We keep checking and the Early Girl has 7 green tomatoes. We're excited! I also planted 2 Heirloom varieties which are growing tall but no tomatoes at present.
ReplyDeleteWhat a precious experience for everyone! Thank you for sharing it with us. :)
ReplyDeleteNice harvest! Glad your granddaughter enjoyed herself.
ReplyDeleteNot into gardening YET!
ReplyDeleteThis post reminded me of grandson, Caden helping pick tomatoes in our garden the other day. He rather enjoyed himself :) He's going to be our "future farmer".
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