Hello,
Leroy came home from working in the
garden one evening. He told me that the cucumber vines had a lot of fruit, but
they looked to be dying, I went the next morning and picked them all. It filled
my backpack to much that it was a struggle to get it zipped shut and the weight
was daunting, not impossible, but definitely noticeable. I walked a ways past a
house only to hear some voice. There were two 20 something men on bikes. I went
over to see if I could foist, oops I mean share or give some to them. One of
them did take one cucumber. It was fairly large so that helped the weight
department. They were talking to a woman who lived there so I asked her if she
would like any. She took two, yes! “Do you know of anyone else who might like
some?” I wondered.
“Yes, I will take two more for my
brother.” she said as she thanked me.
Progress is being made. And my load is
much lighter now, but still a bit of weight.
I asked another woman who was putting
something in her car and she took about four. Her neighbor also took some. Some
of these cucumbers did not look so good, but the next neighbor took all of the
rest. What a delight it is to share the blessings of the earth.
I preached the gospel of the community
garden, hoping some of these people will go there on their own initiative and
pick some of the produce. I do not like to pick green beans for others as
picking beans requires so much work, but I might have to change my attitude.
Paula
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