This spring and summer, for the first time in my gardening
experience brought onto me a realization, actually a couple of things dawned on
me. First, I was getting older and therefore presumably wiser. I'm not at all
sure that one is working out for me. Secondly, I realized that in years past, I
always seems to have way more vegetables than I could eat or even pass around.
I was, after all, eating for only one.
So, I resolved to throw out a few seeds, plant a couple of
store bought transplants and call it a day. Sure, I did think to weed and
water, but all in all, nothing was much of a chore. And, my garden looked it too. Not a
thing of beauty with a lone cucumber plant here and a scraggly tomato plant or two
there. Don't even ask me about the peppers! (I never gave them any special care
and they never produced very big fruit, so we came out about even). Still, there was
a steady flow of something to put in a stew pot or salad starting on about mid
July. And, lo and behold, I was using just about every bit of produce or herb
that my beds produced! At the end of the day, I thought that to be a little bit
of progress...
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