Signing over the lease last night, I checked on the garden. The lettuce had long since bolted and gone to seed. The tomatoes and peppers were on round three, and everything was looking quite unkempt. As it should. It had not been keep in months aside from random rain and occasional soaking.
The strawberries, long since done for the year, were still alive at least…and joined by a new friend: ANOTHER volunteer avocado tree. This guy wasn’t there three months ago.
We picked our last pickings from the old garden yesterday. Leaving quite the number of Porter and San Marzano ripe on the vine for the new caretakers’ instant gratification, we brought home the ripe Black Prince, Cal Wonder Goldens, a handful of Porters, some jalapenos and Serranos.
Thankfully we’ve been making it to the market most Saturdays (previous two excluded) and enjoying the bounty of others as well.
It will be some time before we have home grown food again around here from our own home. Until then, thank goodness for farmers near and far keeping us in fruit and veggies (and meat and eggs!)
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Were at the height of the harvest just now. I’m sad to thin nut might run out soon. The tomatoes are still green
I’ve picked them green at the end of the season before to see if they’ll ripen in the window.
I hope thus year mine will ripen. We’ve got two months or so where the weather should be okay.
I don’t think I could have stopped at just picking a few…
“Just a minute, Honey! I should weed this a bit for the New People…” 🙂
Ha! I may or may not have pulled some grass runners… 😉
I’ve learned to love — respect even — the unkempt home garden. Serendipity is where it’s at! Leasing the old house?
There’s an art to it, I’m realizing. Balancing the letting go of the attempt to control with supporting enough to receive fruit from the (little) labor. Yep!
it won’t be long though before you have your own…love black prince , one of my favorites!