Thanks for teaching me to appreciate a good, homegrown tomato! That summer you decided to dig a garden in Virginia Beach made a big impression on me. Every year for a while now when I have had my own (or rented) yard, I have to plant marigolds and tomatoes (I don’t think I knew what a marigold was before that summer).The smell of tomato leaves always makes me think of the heat and humidty and hot sun of that little side garden, outside the bathroom window. We had just enough room on one side to walk the length of it. The other side was bordered by the prickly junipers. When I remembered to water, I used the sprinkler. I remember being amazed that you could dig up a lawn and plant and something would grow and transform like that!
I still can’t believe the number of tomatoes we had. They will always be the juiciest, tastiest and biggest ones I have ever had. I have never been able to get as many green peppers, full heads of iceberg or cauliflower.
(I also still can’t believe how readily we sprayed for bugs back then, but that was just the times! I remember dousing everything and probably eating a snack at the same time.)
Thank you for introducing me to the fun and profit of a veggie garden!
Look for a special delivery on your doorstep early next week. Happy birthday!
[photos from last week of August]
