The little tomatoes from Daniel's garden... One by one ripening.
Today I took this image of some cherry tomatoes I plucked from a plant growing in my back yard just a few days ago. Imagine vine-ripened, organic tomatoes growing in your yard until December! (In southwestern Utah, near St George). I have found that plucking them off the vine the day before the first hard frost occurs (I watch the weather forecast for night-time temps approaching 30 to 32 degrees). I bring the lil’ green babies into the house and place them in a bowl on the counter. One by one, as they ripen and turn red, I enjoy them often into February, when it’s almost time to start my little desert garden again.
“It is truly amazing how much nature will provide, if we take just a little initiative, learn and open to her bounty. Imagine if we all grew just a few food items in our backyard (herbs, tomatoes, squash, beans, etc.). Sometimes they even grow on their own like the plant that produced these ones in regular ol’ red, sandy dirt, next to a big pot in my backyard. The plants tap into the water from the drip system lines, which use very little water. And this one plant produced more than 150 cherry tomatoes!
Daniel Pettegrew
Founder, Creative Director (and green thumb)
World Peace Gardens
