HARVEST TANKA
Tomatoes By The Ton
A tale of many varieties of tomato

Fresh picked from the vine There’s nothing that can match it Greenhouse is awash With tomatoes green and red Yellow, stripy, all homebred
Conversation in early Spring: Him — Those seeds aren’t coming through, I’ll have to get some tomato plants. Me — You say that every year. They’ll come through. Don’t get plants. We’ll be overrun.
Conversation in late Summer: Him (wheeling in another barrowful of tomatoes) — I can’t think where all these tomatoes are coming from. We’re overrun. Me —