We had a fabulously healthy meal for dinner last night. Boiled shrimp and a huge pile of fresh veggies, some from our garden!
Yes, we finally got to eat the first tomato of the year, the one that has been on that plant all winter, and it was good. Sweet with a bit of acid, and the skin wasn’t tough at all. Just wish it had been larger! I saved what seeds there were, and there weren’t many. As soon as they finish fermenting, I will be getting them going in starter pots. I hope some of them are viable.
Also, the last of the broccoli and radishes were in last night’s dinner, as well as the last of the first crop of lettuce. The first lettuce to come up is already going to seed, and as soon as it does, I am simply going to stick some in the ground again. It’s really good lettuce.
There is so much to be said about eating food you have grown yourself. Always brings a smile to my face when something on our dinner plate is something I had a hand in bringing to the table through my own efforts. I am looking forward to the spring growing season with my usual high levels of optimism. Sure, last year was awful, but THIS YEAR, my garden is going to rock!†
This week I start making the tough decisions about what gets pulled out of the garden and what gets a chance to stay. I have to get some stuff in the ground this week, or my garden won’t be rocking at all. And tomorrow, I will be making the pilgrimage back to the feed store for a couple of plants. Not too many, as I have all manner of seeds stockpiled, but a few. No idea what. I’ll just have to see what he has. Last year I planned the hell out of everything, and nothing worked as planned. This year I am going much more freeform and just sticking stuff in the ground and enjoying myself.
Well, that’s what I am saying now, because I am too lazy to do all that planning and charting and record keeping. I might find not having a rock-hard plan is more annoying to me than having a plan that goes astray along the way. We’ll just have to see.
Footnotes- † That is one of the addiction factors in gardening, you know. You always know your next garden is going to be better than your last one, because it just has to be, right? LOL! [↩]