Hello,
Leroy and I have been eating veggies
from the gardens. Except for some potatoes we have not bought a vegetable for a
few weeks. I feel so fortunate, both that we like this largess and that it is
so available.
Last night we went to the community
garden. It was a nice surprise to find two other people there already. One was
a woman who was pulling a few weeks. She took some produce with her when she
left. The other was the next door neighbor who told us, “There has been a
rather steady stream of people coming to pick things.”
I was glad to hear that, but mostly I
could not tell that much had been taken, but then the guy added, “There were
about four cantaloupes and all were picked, but I think they were much too
green.”
That happened last year too. None of
us who worked regularly on the garden got to taste them. Last year too we felt
they have been picked too soon.
There was a small ripe watermelon and because
the other woman and we had watermelon at home the neighbor harvested that. The two
of them also took a number of cucumbers. That was good because we will be out
of town for a week.
We did find some more cucumbers and
zucchini after they left. Then we picked all the purple pole beans along with
some tomatoes. It was great fun to give
away handfuls of the beans to people sitting on their porches. We also gave
away all the cucumbers and zucchini. One of the porch sitting guys told us, “I
used to be a cook in California so I know about some weird veggies such as your
purple tomatoes.”
This is such a great way to meet neighbors and
learn that all sorts of people live here.
Paula
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