My vegetable garden is producing more than usual. I’m sharing with neighbors and family but I still have more I don’t want to go to waste. Where else can I take extra vegetables?
My garden is producing more also. I think the plants like this hot weather as long as they get plenty of water. This practice of sharing what I grow is something I have done my whole life.
I remember a healthy, hard working retired couple who lived in our neighborhood when I was a child. Mr. and Mrs. Zadena had a huge garden with all kinds of vegetables and small fruits. They planted right up to the sidewalk. The Zadenas treated all the children in the neighborhood like they were their own grandchildren. They invited us to taste all kinds of raw vegetables and fruits. They told us we could help ourselves to anything we wanted without asking.
There was a long row of currants, which I became fond of. I also acquired a taste for currant jam because of the jam the Zadenas shared with my family. That is where I also learned to like raw rhubarb. To this day I still like all kinds of tart things.
