My mother and I have kept a vegetable garden for as long as I can remember. It has been full of fresh herbs, different bright vegetables, including my favorite…..tomatoes.! Every Summer day, I would keep a close eye on the tomatoes anxious for them to ripen. At night, quietly, I would bring a flashlight outside and check on them again. Excitement filled me as a little girl when the tomatoes that my mother and I planted began to grow. First, just a vine, to vine full of green tomatoes…and finally to a vine full of red-ripe tomatoes.
The truth is….when I go home to Long Island, I still check on those tomatoes frequently, anxious to eat them! Yesterday, when I got back to LI, I was welcomed with a garden full of ripened tomatoes! Four to be exact, four pretty tomatoes. So I picked them along with some fresh basil!
Of course, I sliced one up for lunch. Topped it with some feta, fresh basil, olive oil and drizzle of red wine vinegar. So juicy and YUMMY!
So, I am taking two of yummy tomatoes back to the city with me (I will leave one for my mother to enjoy). I also packed myself a bag of basil, chives, and parsley.
Hmm….what shall I make with my fresh tomatoes and herbs?? Stay tuned!
Looks like another one will be ready to be picked again very, very soon! 
