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RE: A look at our canning so far this year and todays harvest.
I planted a patch of cherry tomato plants and let them go wild - the kids think they aren't supposed to pick them, so they do...a lot.😂 Little do they know it's a decoy! It can be havoc in the garden, so 'sacrificial planting' is a smart move..haha. It's fun though, isn't it @lturner38 ? Seeing them thrive and learn how our labor generates the food we eat is something beautiful. Worth all the cleanup and repair that our little demolition experts create.😎
It's definitely fun to have them working with me, but I have to admit the picking of the baby tomatoes is definitely exasperating. I had a grape tomato that succumbed to early blight so my "kid planting" failed on me for once. Now I have the littlest one occupied by carrying cucumbers for me a lot (just have to recognize she will occasionally take a bite out of one).
Haha I know it's a challenge @lturner! Their curiousity takes over! My 2 year old daughter LOVES peppers. We picked a bunch and brought them in - green bell peppers, banana peppers, cubanelles - by the time I unloaded and turned around she had eaten a whole entire half of a giant bell! Seeds were littered across a blanket in the living room.😆😂 I had to laugh and remind myself how lucky I am that she willingly eats veggies..haha they sure keep things exciting!
Oh goodness - that is pretty funny! At least mine who's picking the green tomatoes actually eats them, unlike the squirrels who like to steal fruit, take a bite, and leave it lying on the ground.