Community Garden

Our plot in the community garden is producing well, with harvests three times per week. Friends are beginning to avoid us, lest they be burdened with squash. The watermelons are growing, so perhaps sharing some luscious orange-fleshed watermelon will bring them back. When you grow your own vegetables, you can choose what color flesh youContinue reading “Community Garden”

First harvest

Our community garden plot is starting to produce. Tomatoes are rampant on their wire cages; beans twine up corn stalks while squash grows beneath. Peppers hang from their plants, basil puts forth leaves waiting for pesto and other uses. Purslane spreads between the watermelon leaves, and the hollyhock leaves multiply in the warm summer sun.Continue reading “First harvest”