Tomatoes Are Nutritious And Delicious

It’s only the middle of July and some of our tomato plants are already over five feet tall and bearing fruit.  The tomatoes are not yet ready to eat, but by this time next week we may very well be enjoying fresh, organic tomatoes again right from our garden.

I refer to the tomato plants as ‘ours’ but I should really say they are my husband Wayne’s babies.  He spends much time with the ‘girls’ making sure they are comfortable and have just the right amount of fresh water to drink.  He gently puts stakes around them to keep them from falling and ties their delicate branches with special ties as not to hurt or damage them.  I think it is all the care he takes with his ‘girls’ is why we have such an abundant harvest of tomatoes every year.  And what an abundance it is! 

Chlorophyll - Nature’s Gift of Life

Derived from the Greek words chloros meaning ‘green’, and phyllon meaning ‘leaf’, chlorophyll is responsible for the green pigmentation found in almost all plants, algae, and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). It’s the substance that gives plants their green colour. Chlorophyll is vital for photosynthesis, which allows plants to obtain energy from the sun, and to manufacture essential compounds for growth and reproduction. In fact, without sunshine, no life is possible, and no life is possible without chlorophyll either. Chlorophyll to plants is like blood to humans.

It’s interesting to note that the molecule of chlorophyll is similar to that of the heme molecule in human blood. According to Dr. Robert O. Young, Ph. D., “numerous studies from decades before showed that liquid chlorophyll was virtually identical to human blood in its molecular structure.”