Well, with the last 2 weeks hot weather, I have eventually got some ripe tomatoes. Usually I get these the first week of July, so we are a full 2-3 weeks late this year. The cucumbers and beans are also kicking in. I forgot to add a zucchini and the green chillies (Raja) I picked. I also harvested the first of the garlic... sorry neighbours I reek.
With sheep's milk cheese, some mustard greens and a bit of cucumber, a ciabatta roll and a steak, summer fare all done on the bbq - my typical summer fare. Yummy
The manual and often repetitive motion of gardening, free's up my mind to wonder and ponder like few other things do. Coupled with sun, fresh air, exercise and the incredible stimulus of texture, colour and scent, there are few places I would rather be. Add to this the ability to create, build and shape with the pleasure of success and triumph balanced with failure. Gardening is a wonderful world of era's past. One totally removed from computers, TV's, corporate politics and plastic.
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