Oh my gosh, I grew something!! Even after a few years of concerted efforts toward gardening, the feeling of harvesting something from YOUR own garden is still miraculous. We've gotten great rain so far this summer so I've only watered once... After living in Colorado, the fact that anything you plant can be studiously ignored until you're ready to eat it is a gift. Rich black earth, forgiving skies and humidity that plants just soak in to produce sweet, tender leaves...So, what do we have? 3 kinds of basil, collards, cilantro, and the best damn broccoli I have ever had. It's so sweet and tender, worlds away from what comes from the supermarket. We also have various herbs that are ready to be picked and dried or used fresh, tomatoes that are quickly growing into trees, eggplant, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, tomatillos, zucchini, a few types of peppers, onions, garlic... we're also trying sweet corn, which I have had terrible luck with in the past, but it's growing!
We turned up a new section of the garden in what used to be lawn, and the plan was to leave that fallow this year and let the old grass decompose. But then we bought some carving pumpkin seeds, and decided to sow them directly into the overturned sod. The pumpkin vines are strong, vigorous and starting to flower. Looks like we'll have lots of decorating to do for Halloween this year, and plenty of good eats for the animals as well.
Oh, and our hens laid their first eggs. Two of them. Dinner!
Here's to the joy that bounty brings.
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