My Little Green Thumb

Sorry no pics for this story, you'll have to just imagine. Last night we were invited to dinner at the chaplains house. He and his wife will soon be moving to our neck of the woods so we gave them a few pointers and numbers and such. They happen to have one of the few yards in SV Arizona with grass. Denali was in love. She ran all over it with their 2 dachshunds. Then she discovered the tomato plants. This summer a highlight to her day is watering our tomatoes. After watering she gets really close, bends over and searches for any tomatoes no matter how small. Very few of the poor things actually get to ripen before her little hands pluck them and run around talking to her new exciting find. So of course she decided to help herself to the chaplain's tomatoes. Apparently they don't pluck their tomatoes each day cause she came back with half a dozen green-greenish red tomatoes. I was so embarrassed. Luckily his wife piped up and said "Oh that is okay they are great fried." I didn't think such a young child would take an interest in gardening and continue to be interested every day. It is part of her routine now. I guess we'll have to plant a garden when we get back to Europe.