Tomato picking time

Clayton brought me tomatoes again. He said he had to pick everything that was ripe or they would sun scald while he was at work. I told him it was worse than he though because that neighbor of his had been bragging that she could steal his ripe tomatoes while he was at work.
I am glad he brought them to me instead of leaving them for Fleta.
The three on the porch are my first about to get ripe tomatoes I picked today. I will water again tonight. My tomatoes will be getting ripe and Fleta and Clayton wont have any tomatoes. If they come up here I thought I would lock the door and pretend I wasn't home but that would just give them  the way into the tomato patch. I wonder if I threaten them with a gun that would stop them? No they would know I wouldn't shoot
them.
Kelly says he has tomatoes growing in a bucket, he got the sets from me and Tony has tomatoes plants he got here so perhaps I can sell my ripe tomatoes if they ever get ripe??? I could have SAM take me down to Tyson and sell to them to the people when they get off work!