Home Farm Produce
We have a small home farm, well, that’s how we think of it.
It is more of a teeny tiny carved out section of our suburban yard
Each year we plant tomatoes not only because we like them
but also we know that they will grow for us. We planted potatoes because some
of our store-bought ones started to sprout and we figured we might as well give
them a chance. We planted the bottom of a red-leaf lettuce when I read
somewhere that it would grow, and it has; we’ve been enjoying the crispy new leaves
in our nightly salads. The zucchini plants have grown high and with the bright
yellow flowers, we expect some yummy veggies soon.
Last year we bought a small, thornless blackberry bush. It
produced a few berries but most of them went to the birds before they ripened.
This year the bush spread out, sending shoots in a wide circle. I haphazardly
tossed some netting around them to see if we would get any berries for
ourselves this season. Boy, are we getting fruit!
We wrapped screening around the plantings to keep out the
squirrels. We (mostly my husband) fertilize the plants with natural products
and water them but otherwise we kind of leave them alone. Yes, I talk to them,
telling each how much I appreciate its providing us with such beautiful, edible
products.
We are delighted with it all, considering we really know not
much about farming; we are more improvisers than farmers. But our home farm
produce connects us with something larger than ourselves. Each time we bite
into a tomato that has come from our own garden, we pay attention – to its
flavor, its value. When we pick the berries, we know exactly where they have
come from. We are all part of nature. What a joyful thing to experience.
Two sites to help you make your own vegetable garden:
http://www.gardeners.com/how-to/vegetable-gardening/5069.html?SC=XNET9465
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