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Tomato Fishing
This spring, we bought six itty-bitty tomato plants. Ko-Koi broke one
(she has a fetish for green vegetables), and we managed to save both parts,
giving us seven. We planted the tomatoes in the garden, with rows of
sunflowers, beans and beets, four eggplants, five bell peppers, several
herbs and a peach tree named Packwood (named after creeping under my skirt
once too often). Everything was going along nicely. Then we went on
vacation....
We came back to find a sea of green. Tomatoes covered everything. We
had to transplant two of the eggplants, and we lost the one with the red
and white stripes. Most of the herbs had disappeared. The peppers and
Packwood were ok, but we hadn't planted any tomatoes in that box. But the
tomatoes in the next box over were trying to invade it. Tomatoes overflowed
everywhere.
After a few weeks of picking, I noticed a few things. The first was
how much my back and legs hurt from standing on my head so much.
The second was how much picking tomatoes was like fishing. The first
thing you do is find a spot to fish/pick from. For fishing, that means
either wading out in boots or going out in a boat.
For picking, it means wherever you can find room for your feet. Next,
you cast off with your rod or your hand. Then you grope around until you
feel something. Then you bring it up to the surface and decide if it's big
enough/ripe enough to eat. If it's not, you throw it back. If it is, then
you pick it/reel it in. And of course, you can always brag about the ones
that got away.
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