First harvest

[vaneramos]

Brenna and I are proud farmers tonight. I hadn't made it over to the garden in almost two weeks, so we stopped on our way from picking up groceries, getting Bren's hair cut, and renting videos. Fresh snap peas will make a nice companion to spaghetti. Last time we ate our own vegetables was the summer of 1995. Brenna was only two, too young to remember, but Marian does. Too bad she isn't here to share the spoils. If we head north next week we must drop some off for her.

Also, we finally have the Sunfire back, repaired.

Comments

[djjo.livejournal.com]

wonderfull food Van! And I'm glad the car is back and fixed. Hugs and enjoy the meal.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Hugs back atcha, love.

[bearfinch.livejournal.com]

I remember growing my own food too (when i lived at home), but now i only grow basil in my balcony pots.

But at the Stokes trial garden they will let you take home one or two vegetables to taste if you ask nicely. The taste really is better when they are right from the garden.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes, and there are certain vegetables you have never really tasted until you've picked them straight from the garden, especially sweet peas, sweet corn and tomatoes. We should have tomatoes in a few more days, and I can hardly wait.

[taniwhanui.livejournal.com]

But at the Stokes trial garden they will let you take home one or two vegetables to taste if you ask nicely. The taste really is better when they are right from the garden

That sounds marvellous - and uncommonly generous these days! :)

[bearfinch.livejournal.com]

It is, but also it is in the company's interest to do so. The garden is essentially a large advertsiement for the different breeds of plants and vegetables they sell, so letting people take a bit home is a very good method of promotion.

[taniwhanui.livejournal.com]

True.

I guess that I'm just more used to the 'nothing in life is free' philosophy when it comes to business owners, although I am spoiled rotten in so many ways by friends and family ...

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

there is something so satisfying about consuming your own veggies
a sense of connection?
anyway glad you've got the car back and are doing well

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

If I have a religion, it's about the simple physical relationship we all have with the earth. Growing food brings it sharply into focus. And I love getting my hands dirty.
Cheers,
Van

[grandiva1968.livejournal.com]

Marvelous coincidence, although you and Brenna got a bit more than I did out of the garden.

1 of 5 tomatoes is anywhere near ripeness, the lima beans are drying, the pole beans are still poleing, and the squash only have male blossoms.

On the other hand, I have basil, dill, parsley, sage, rosemary, no thyme, chives, and mint coming out of my ears, not to mention about three dozen airplane plants that are going to the next GLBT plant/garage sale.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

And this is just a sampling, arranged for aesthetic effect. We picked a nice handful of green beans, and enough snap peas to keep us munching for a few days.

[taniwhanui.livejournal.com]

Zucchinis and beans, yum! :)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes, and those snap peas are so sweet!

[taniwhanui.livejournal.com]

Oh, is that what they are? I've heard of snap peas, but never seen them before. I remember shelling peas once as a small child and eating both the pod and the shell. Both were delicious. Haven't found peas in the pod since. Maybe not many people grow them anymore. Like sweetpeas, one of my favourite oldtime flowers. Such a pity they're becoming unfashionable (that's what my Mum says, she grows them in her backyard)!

Taniwha

PS:

[taniwhanui.livejournal.com]

I think they might be called something else here (in New Zealand), I'm just not sure what ...

Re: PS:

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Green peas (both the edible podded kind and the traditional ones) do best in cool weather, so they're ideal for growing here in Ontario in spring or fall.

[clairenolen.livejournal.com]

looks good! nothing compares to food that you get from your own garden!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, and sweet peas are one of those vegetables that lose their flavour quickly in storage.