Tomatoes are like dogs. They have too short a life span. And, like dogs, the more pure - bred, the sooner the expiration date. Heirloom tomatoes start to get alarmingly squidgy very quickly. Tell tale bites on your arms are usually the first signs that small midge like flies are seeking out the over ripe fruits. Neil gets unhappy about flies, having hysterical tendencies about them the way other people do about spiders. He's not so much afraid of them as detests them beyond all reason and will go to untold lengths to keep them from entering the apartment. Therefore, you can see the necessity I have to use the fruits before we have a mini swarm on our hands and an irrational male thrashing about.
