My Surprising Garden
My little vegetable garden often surprises me. We plant a
variety of organic tomatoes and I marvel at how different each kind tastes.
It’s a delight each summer to pick tomatoes and eat them while they are still
warm from the afternoon sun.
Earlier this season I had found that a shallot in my fridge
had started growing. I took a chance and planted it. Then I forgot about it,
never really expecting anything to come of it. Then the garden surprised me. A
tall stalk reached out of the dirt. I thought it was a wild onion and left it
alone. It continued to shoot up and then there was an intriguing flower at the
end of it. When I dug it up to see what was growing, I saw the shallot had
grown and multiplied! Not only was the flower beautiful to see but the shallots
were delicious to eat.
Now I see that the pea plant I thought was gone was
doing the same thing as the shallot, reaching up with a stalk that has tiny pea
pods slowly maturing. I am thrilled to see how the plants develop despite my
farming ignorance.
Each year I look forward to what my garden offers.
Even if I expect a crop, as I actually do with the tomatoes, I am pleased with
whatever grows. And if something I plant doesn’t make it, well, who knows what
surprises next summer will bring.
Shallots are healthy to eat:
https://foodfacts.mercola.com/shallots.html
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