Wednesday Watering
Have I said recently how gorgeous the garden is looking these past couple of weeks? While I wither into a nasty tempered raisin when the weather is "beautiful" out, this is not true for the rest of the flora and fauna here in our town. Don't worry, I don't resent the heat. Long ago, after my first season of home grown tomatoes refused to blush and color up until I was sweating like crazy under a blistering insufferable summer heat wave I made peace with the seasons. All of them. I know that all gardens and all good things to eat benefit from some really good solid scorching weeks of sun.
Have you seen the runner beans? (Well now you have, they are pictured above) Today I picked 4.5 lbs of fat beans for the food pantry. I work on Wednesdays now so I had to come after work in the late afternoon. Have I told you yet how hot it was? 4pm is not the ideal time for work of any kind, especially the kind that puts you under the sun's microscope.
Even so, I couldn't help but feel excited by all the bounty I saw everywhere. Raspberries are forming in tight green clusters. Marigolds are sending their summer smell all over the garden like a blanket of memories for me. Personal rows are bursting with beans of all colors and Jack's beets are unbelievable! Every one's tomatoes are plumping up and look so tidy- except for mine since I seem to be incapable of staking tomatoes before they sprawl. Once they sprawl it's too late. My own beans (for drying) are doing really well. In case you were wondering, I didn't stake those because they were all supposed to be bush beans. Bush beans don't need staking. In spite of the claims to the contrary, my beans are curling and vining and seeking purchase but finding only themselves and- ahem!- some of your plants for support.
The last two times I've watered I've spent a few minutes in the relative shade of the sunflowers on the paint splattered bench set there for taking a load off. Last week it was so quiet that I could hear every single bumble and honey bee clocking time with the flowers. I looked up to see towering sunflowers set against the very blue sky and it seemed to me that the only thing that could have made it a more perfect moment is if I was sitting on a giant ice cube. The next time you visit the garden, take a break and just sit there under the canopy of smiling flowers and let all your worries go.
Have you seen the runner beans? (Well now you have, they are pictured above) Today I picked 4.5 lbs of fat beans for the food pantry. I work on Wednesdays now so I had to come after work in the late afternoon. Have I told you yet how hot it was? 4pm is not the ideal time for work of any kind, especially the kind that puts you under the sun's microscope.
Even so, I couldn't help but feel excited by all the bounty I saw everywhere. Raspberries are forming in tight green clusters. Marigolds are sending their summer smell all over the garden like a blanket of memories for me. Personal rows are bursting with beans of all colors and Jack's beets are unbelievable! Every one's tomatoes are plumping up and look so tidy- except for mine since I seem to be incapable of staking tomatoes before they sprawl. Once they sprawl it's too late. My own beans (for drying) are doing really well. In case you were wondering, I didn't stake those because they were all supposed to be bush beans. Bush beans don't need staking. In spite of the claims to the contrary, my beans are curling and vining and seeking purchase but finding only themselves and- ahem!- some of your plants for support.
The last two times I've watered I've spent a few minutes in the relative shade of the sunflowers on the paint splattered bench set there for taking a load off. Last week it was so quiet that I could hear every single bumble and honey bee clocking time with the flowers. I looked up to see towering sunflowers set against the very blue sky and it seemed to me that the only thing that could have made it a more perfect moment is if I was sitting on a giant ice cube. The next time you visit the garden, take a break and just sit there under the canopy of smiling flowers and let all your worries go.
1 comment:
Angelina,
You brave sole for going out in the heat to harvest and water!! Yes the garden is simple devine thanks to folks like you and all the other hard working gardeners. And just think of all that healthy food we are providing for the Food Pantry. Wonderful.
Bless you,
Bev
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