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| Parenting Club Forums > All About Being Green > I picked my first tomatoes! |
| Posted by: MommyToAshley Jul 16 2009, 03:38 AM |
| Ashley and I planted four tomato plants this year. It's the first time we've grown anything here, although my grandfather had a two acre farm when he was alive. Anyways, we were excited to pick our first two tomatoes yesterday. yum yum!!! |
| Posted by: luvmykids Jul 16 2009, 04:58 AM |
| Congrats end enjoy the fruits of your labor! |
| Posted by: coasterqueen Jul 16 2009, 05:03 AM |
| Congrats!!!! So how does Ashley like gardening? I know my girls LOVE it. We planted tomatoes this year and the cherry ones - the girls go out there and eat them right off the vine before I can get to them so we haven't been able to use them in salads or anything. Lately I've been sneaking to go pick them before they see them so I can at least get them washed first.   |
| Posted by: PrairieMom Jul 16 2009, 10:49 AM |
| How fun! Mine are no where near ready yet. actually , I kind of have them in a bad spot, so I don't think I am going to get much off them. My kids do a lot of grazing too. we have had enough raspberries for a pie, but none of them make it into the house.  |
| Posted by: boyohboyohboy Jul 16 2009, 05:30 PM |
| OH! How neat! we planted that topsey turvey tomato plant..and that thing looks like the charlie brown christmas tree!! horrible, we got 3 tomatos! |
| Posted by: MommyToAshley Jul 16 2009, 05:40 PM | ||
I planted two in a topsy turvy and two in pots. We got a tomato from a topsy turvy and tomato from the potted one. The topsy turvy takes a lot more water... I am watering it twice a day because the water just runs out the bottom. |
| Posted by: MommyToAshley Jul 16 2009, 05:41 PM | ||
I planted mine a little late so none of the cherry tomatoes are ripe yet. Ashley loves to plant... she usually plants all the flowers but I have been wanting to grow a garden for a few years. We have a ton of trees in our back yard so the patio thing was our best option for the most sun unless we planted them in the front yard. |
| Posted by: Mia33 Jul 16 2009, 06:11 PM |
Good job!  I say that because I'm so bad with plants! |
| Posted by: Calimama Jul 16 2009, 07:07 PM | ||
Me too!!! That's awesome! |
| Posted by: Jennis Jul 18 2009, 07:59 PM |
| Tomatoes are easy to plant and maintain. Me and my daughter Kimi harvested tomatoes last month and we made a simple pizza out of that. |
| Posted by: Riem Jul 29 2012, 11:30 PM |
| What's next on your harvest list? |
| Posted by: dev123 Jan 13 2013, 02:31 AM |
| Congratulations! It is your labor and time which turned into tomatoes. We have to offer time, labor and proper attention to grow veggies, pulses, cereals, condiments, fruits and crops. The tomatoes are good for health, the red color of it is due to carotenoids. It's botanical name is 'Solanum lycopersicum' It belongs to nightshade family. They are low in calories hence good for being slim and weight loss. They are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin B3 and B6. Also contain copper, magnesium, phosphorous and iron. |