As I was tending the garden this morning I noticed that the potato plants had turned yellow and were dry. That means there are most likely jewels under the earth. It was time to look. Yes purple and red potatoes grown under the earth in the last 4 months. What magic!!!!
For breakfast I had 2 hard cooked eggs and a bowl of fruit: an Asian pear, plums, one nectarine and a tiny little mango....all from my garden. Yes I ate an entire meal from this earth and farm. Wow So I decided to take a picture of my harvest:
I will make a syrup of these elderberries this week.
Preparing and planting a garden is a lot of work, There are hardly any days that go by without pulling the pesky weeds. then there is the challenge of the feral cats using every space as a dumping ground and then Charlotte trying to roll in it. When the apricots start ripening it's 4 solid weeks of picking and preserving them Same with the apples this year Still at the end of the season there are so many fabulous rewards. I will do it again next year. If you have any of these unusual fruits and veggies at your farmers market try them. I highly recommend the Dragon tongue beans
