Red and Green All Over

My dear friend Amy just picked up and moved to Utah. As a going away present she left me her son's cherry tomato and green bean plants. This is a small consolation, but it is a daily reminder of this fantastic friend. Every morning Sam, Michael and I go out to water the plants and inspect them for ripe tomatoes. The white netting on our patio is to keep the boys in, but it's also been great at keeping the squirrels out!

We've been enjoying the tomatoes in salads but aren't sure when the green beans will be ripe, since they don't change colors to tell us. Amy was sad to leave these plants before they'd even seen one red tomato, but, the house they moved into in Utah has a garden full of ripe tomatoes and zucchini, so she feels blessed for her simple efforts to plant a garden in Virginia. Likewise, we have been blessed by their little plants and are encouraged to plant our own next year. So, Seth, here are your vegetables! They are growing very well and are giving us a chance to learn to take care of something. Sam and Michael have gotten better about keeping their toys out of the dirt and leaving the dirt in the planters! I hope that they will make the connection that the plants are producing the tasty vegetables. It's been a lot of fun to watch them grow and it reminds us of you each day.