Maters!!!

Beth and I have started a new thing. Maters…. in the back yard. Of course I had to use a picture of Tow-Mater (my kids love this)!!

But what we have found is that it is a lot of fun for all of us. Beth and I make sure that they are watered by assigning one of the kids to do it each day. George particularly loves it.

The tomatos that we planted this spring grew about 5 feet tall and ended up giving us tomatos for about 6 weeks. Not bad for our first go ’round.

Since then… actually just in the past few days, we have planted some pepers and some different kinds of tomatos… grape tomatos I think.

The whole point of this exercise is to not only foster some fun for our family… being out in the back yard together (of course Dad just kind of sits on the porch and drinks beer)…. but to also to try to spur my kids interest in vegtables. I want them to LIKE vegtables.

When I was a kid, my GRANDPARENTS grew tomatos in the back-yard, but vegtables were not really a part of my life. I mean, I ate a lot of pop-tarts, but those don’t grow in the back-yard. Maybe if my PARENTS had been into it…. I would have grown to like vegtables and I would not have been 25 years old when I ate my first tomato. (Which by the way is actually a fruit).

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3 Responses to “Maters!!!”

Allan Says:
August 11th, 2010 at 11:23 am

Great plan. Our neighbor grows tomatoes, all varieties. Last fall the squirrels ate the remnants of season and dropped seeds all over my wife’s flower garden. This season, we have a bumper crop of tomatoes, without ever trying. The little ones never make it inside, as I snack on them while watering.. Thanks for the inspiration…

Cammy@TippyToeDiet Says:
August 11th, 2010 at 8:59 pm

I tried. I got the one-per-plant yield. But I’ll try again next year in a new and improved bed!

Art Says:
August 12th, 2010 at 12:22 am

Good timing… One of my favorite musicians, Jon Foreman wrote an article that I read today about his garden. You might enjoy it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-foreman/the-economy-of-the-garden_b_677770.html

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