Tomatoes from my neighbor

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I have these lovely elderly neighbors on one side of me, who have featured in my posts here before. They rent a small garden plot so they can grow vegetables and fruits. Today, I went grocery shopping early so I wouldn't be in a crowded store. I came back with the fresh vegetables and fruits and frozen vegetables that I had bought, but I had not bought tomatoes. I have a small mini-tomato plant but I ate up everything on it the other day. Anyway, my neighbor saw me coming home and called out to me. She handed me two huge red tomatoes, apologizing that they were ripe (Japanese people tend to like their tomatoes partly green when they buy them) and said I needed to eat them immediately because they had ripened in the field. I told her that is exactly the very best tomato taste, and my parents had grown tomatoes and always picked them when ripe. She agreed that was the tastiest, but said "I feel the responsibility to warn you to eat them soon." Isn't she sweet? Like I'm the little kid and wouldn't know that. (Actually they will last a few days in the fridge, but I certainly will eat one today.) Do you share garden produce with neighbors?