What does One do with One Cherry Tomato?
By DianneN
@DianneN (247219)
United States
June 23, 2021 5:15pm CST
So excited to see the first getting-red cherry tomato! But I doubt the others will ripen in time to use in a shish-kebab or salad.
Hubs and I will each have half I guess.
Gorgeous sunny and temperate day here. Hubs and I were playing 18 holes of golf with friends this morning, when he remembered the cable guy was coming between 8 and 5 today!
We left during the 11th hole and rushed home. The cable guy had just pulled into our driveway and had been calling our landline.
Timing is everything except with the cable company. 
Now our whole house WiFi is working perfectly. The cable line had to be replaced thanks to the squirrels chewing through them!
Gorgeous sunny and temperate day here. Hubs and I were playing 18 holes of golf with friends this morning, when he remembered the cable guy was coming between 8 and 5 today!
We left during the 11th hole and rushed home. The cable guy had just pulled into our driveway and had been calling our landline.
Timing is everything except with the cable company.
Now our whole house WiFi is working perfectly. The cable line had to be replaced thanks to the squirrels chewing through them!42 people like this
42 responses
@kaylachan (58546)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jun 21
To bad about the golf game. Good you were able to get the cable lines repaired.
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@jobelbojel (34730)
• Philippines
23 Jun 21
Sounds like a lovely sunny day there. I can see the sunshine here as well.
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@DianneN (247219)
• United States
23 Jun 21
@jobelbojel Hope your dizziness is lessening.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49183)
• United States
23 Jun 21
@DianneN we had some with dinner tonight.
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@ptrikha_2 (45583)
• India
24 Jun 21
The problems with wires running through houses and the possibility of rodents chewing makes the case of wireless better.
Yet even wireless devices do not give as much speed as Fibre Broadband
I am still managing without Fibre broadband but might need one in future. As for the Tomatoes, would your other tomatoes take a lot of time to ripen?
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@marguicha (216097)
• Chile
23 Jun 21
Squerrels are beautiful, but harmful. When I come across a single tomato, I wash it and eat it.
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@marguicha (216097)
• Chile
24 Jun 21
@DianneN First veggies are special if they are homegrown. I ask for 3 wishes, not that I believe in that
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@much2say (53942)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Jun 21
My dad gave us one of his cherry tomato plants last month . . . there were already lots of little green ones when we got it. It's been really hot here, so quite a few have been ripening . . . my son harvested 4 of them the other day and there might be more by the end of the week. The thing is only me and my son will eat them. Ohhh, naughty squirrels but glad that was fixed!
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@much2say (53942)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jun 21
@DianneN We only have this one plant. But I think it thrives only because my dad repotted this and did up the soil correctly. My parents grow tomatoes every year, but I have never grown them before. Wow, they last that long?? I need to read up on proper care 
. Enjoy your harvests!
Squirrels 
. They chewed wires here before too . . . here, we would wake up to early morning chewing sounds because it was right outside our bedroom. I think they installed some kind of hard guard there to stop them.
. Enjoy your harvests!
Squirrels . They chewed wires here before too . . . here, we would wake up to early morning chewing sounds because it was right outside our bedroom. I think they installed some kind of hard guard there to stop them.1 person likes this
@DianneN (247219)
• United States
23 Jun 21
Lucky you and your son! Ours shouldn’t be ready until mid-July, but the weather has been good. I have two more and two large tomato plants. If I don’t kill them first, we will be eating them through September and into October. Enjoy every mouthful!
I thought of you as soon as the cable guy mentioned squirrels.
I thought of you as soon as the cable guy mentioned squirrels.1 person likes this
@DianneN (247219)
• United States
24 Jun 21
@much2say Water and fertilizer are key. Some, like my Big Boy, mature later in the season. Enjoy your harvest, too! So much fun!
Wow! You and I certainly have squirrel problems. Ours chewed in the middle, mostly. They use the cable as a high wire act and a snack.
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@kobesbuddy (74926)
• East Tawas, Michigan
24 Jun 21
I'd probably refrigerate the one tomato, until a couple more ripen in a day or two:)
Those darn squirrels, they can be pretty sneaky! At one house where we rented, the toilet stopped flushing. The plumber climbed up on the roof and discovered, squirrels had plugged the air-vent with acorns! LOL
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@kobesbuddy (74926)
• East Tawas, Michigan
24 Jun 21
@DianneN Squirrels are awful, even though they're so darn cute!
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@oahuwriter (26778)
• United States
25 Jun 21
I'm so glad, you got home perfect timing for the cable guy!
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@Hanbinandaeyo (3198)
•
24 Jun 21
Maybe can eat it already once picked up..
Great that your wifi is now working very well
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@DianneN (247219)
• United States
25 Jun 21
@Hanbinandaeyo So true. Going to watch right now! Hubs is calling me.
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@Hanbinandaeyo (3198)
•
25 Jun 21
@DianneN Sounds good..
Good net connection makes watching tv worth while
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@m_audrey6788 (58482)
• Germany
24 Jun 21
I love it with my cheese bread.
Good to know that your wifi is working good now. I hope that the squirrels will not chew them again
Good to know that your wifi is working good now. I hope that the squirrels will not chew them again 1 person likes this
@LeaPea2417 (36545)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Jun 21
Wow, I never thought about squirrels eating through a cable line!
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@LeaPea2417 (36545)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Jun 21
@DianneN They are nasty and very persistent.
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@DianneN (247219)
• United States
24 Jun 21
That was so unlike us to forget something like that, but thanks. It worked out well in the end.
I will soon have more cherry tomatoes than we can eat. Have three cherry tomato plants and two full size tomatoes. My friends and family will get many gifts this year unless I kill them all.
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@LindaOHio (157726)
• United States
24 Jun 21
I would have popped that cherry tomato into my mouth! They eat like candy!
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