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Planting Tomatoes for Earva Bender
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David: “He had this greenhouse now, so he was able then to raise his own plants and, therefore, he would be ahead of other farmers when you got to the tomato market. One of the experiences that Marty and I had on the farm was to be told, ‘Tomorrow we’re gonna do tomatoes.’ So we went to the greenhouse and he had a tool he made that put holes into the soil. Then he had bunches of tomato plants and we had to plant each hole so they could grow. Well that was just the beginning of our adventures. You got the plants growing; now the weather just right, we’re going to plant this in the field. ‘Okay. Marty you sit over here, and David you sit here.’ And Mr. Bender would take a flat . . . that’s a wooden 24 inch by 30 inch thing with the plant . . . and put it in our laps. And then he’d hook up his tractor to this planting machine. He’d go drivin’ along and we would plant, plant, plant. And he was a clever fella. ~chuckles~ Eight thousand tomato plants. But boy, that was just the beginning.”
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2011 Oral History Project: David Darst and his daughter Lee, describe daily life on Earva Bender's farm.
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David Darst
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