Tomatoes gone wild
Is it just me , or do love apple have a secret supernatural ability to notice when you ’ve blend on holiday ? They seem to sense the minute you are unable to insure on them daily and go completely bonkers and take over your entire backyard .
My folk read a two - ish workweek summer holiday every twelvemonth . Over the years , we ’ve criss crossed the country , logging hundreds of hour of drive while eating sandwich out of a tank . And as soon as our tired tires make the end of our driveway , we can see that we are in big problem . Again .
It ’s as if a couple of galling kids snuck into our yard , started a game of Garden Jumanji that quickly spiraled out of control , and now there are world - eating , cause of death tomatoes as ginormous as Jack ’s farcical beanstalk living in our garden . Sigh .
Every year I try on my best to blarney the twisted branch back into their flimsywire cageswithout snapping them off and killing the wee baby tomatoes . But it ’s commonly too late . The plant are too vainglorious . I have to let them do their thing , which means for the quietus of the summer , I ’ll be push to cut back head to toe in khaki and hack my way through the untamed and tangled hobo camp of tomato to hunt for the elusive red yield .
Last yr while we were out of town , one tomato plant tipped over itscage , spilled out of the planter , and proceeded to grow quite gayly along the ground for the rest of the time of year . coincidently , we learn at this same time that our andiron really enjoys cherry red tomatoes . We had a hard time calling her back into the sign several time a twenty-four hours because she had recover a young , inexhaustible favored treat author in the garden that did n’t require a trick .
As often as this has happened , I take capital pride in say you I always have a bumper crop of tomato plant . With a teen son who routinely run through his body weight in chips and salsa , we never have a shortfall ofcherry , Roma , or beefsteak . There was one summer that the zucchini vines and tomato plants went to state of war , facing off in the midriff of two planters like the Jets and the Sharks of West Side Story .
The excitement of seeing what can chance in two weeks when you leave your garden unattended is kind of fun . Perhaps it ’s why we ’ve never changed our holiday agenda . perchance we will next year?But probably not .
With all the tomatoes Jamie grows , her favorite repast to make with them is simple bruschetta : encrusted Gallic bread , a drizzle of olive oil , sweet St. Basil the Great and a piece of tomato , topped with fresh mozzarella , and baked for 10 second . You ’re welcome .
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