It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
No, not Christmas {although this Farm Wife definitely loves the holidays}. Instead, the time has finally come when we can eat from our garden. It’s still early days – but there’s something so, so, so wonderful about those first harvests and tasting the results of your labor. Food just tastes better when you know the “how” and “where” of its journey to your table.
While we’re waiting for the tomatoes to turn {so many beautiful green tomatoes!}, I’ve already traded a bag of early {adorably small} cucumbers to a friend for a jar of her homemade pickles. Now that I’ve finally tried these pickles {she got many, many cucumbers from last year’s ultra-prolific vines}, I’m not sure how they’re not world-famous. So. Delicious.
And now for the real star(s) of this post: the pictures. Feast your eyes on these garden beauties, and know they tasted even more fabulous than they look. {Hard to believe, I know, but somehow true}.
We think there may have been too many seed potatoes to start, and they ran out of room and nutrients. Now we know what to tweak for next time, and these are definitely super delicious.
Before and after, from harvest to the plate. There’s something undeniably special about growing your own food, providing for yourself – and your family – in such a nurturing way.
[…] These summer months are a time of abundance: the green beans and squash are working overtime, maybe even faster than we can eat them. We’ve been digging potatoes and cutting cabbages from Mr.’s parents’ garden, to add to our garden feasts. Cucumbers are finally starting to come in, and I am delighted. I’ve bought many cucumbers out of season, and they just aren’t the same – nor do they keep very well. I’ve been gobbling them up as fast as they ripen. Hopefully I’ll be able to harvest in greater numbers soon, and can cajole a dear friend into making her magic pickles. […]
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