Today Kent and I went out to pick a few things from his parent's garden. After I had picked 3 or 4 tomatoes off of one plant I looked down and saw this thing* I could only see the back end of it with the markings and I thought for sure it was a snake! I grabbed Kent's hand and tried to tell him what was wrong but words weren't really coming out. Finally I told him there was a snake in the tomato plant but I could not get myself to let go of his hand. He kept telling me to let him go so he could look but I physically could not let go of him. Finally he figured out that it was just a tomato worm and not a snake. He decided to pick a green bean and try to knock it off the plant but the thing just started eating the bean! (which freaked him out, he may or may not have screamed a little bit) I found a stick and Kent found a bucket, he knocked it into the bucket and took it out into the the lane and got a nice big rock to take care of it. He also probably should have iced his hand because I think I hurt it a little when I wouldn't/couldn't let go.
*I could not paste a picture of it in this post. It was too gross and freaked me out have to look at it again.
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Yeah, that would have freaked me out too. I let my girls go out in our garden and forage for food. They don't like bugs either, but when they find 'em they just kill 'em on their own. Works for me.
My mom hates those worms. She would pay my niece to go into the garden and get rid of them. My strategy is going out into the garden with a pair of scissors and cut the limb the worm is on and put it into a garbage bag.
We used to have those ugly worms at our house growing up! I remember one fell on me one day, and I thought for sure I was going to die!!!! I am pretty sure that Kent did scream and you just didn't want to tell us! LOL
Sounds delicious!
That is hilarious!!! Knowing you and having grown up with Kent, I can imagine this scene well. Thanks for making me laugh!
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