(Recipe is included below)
I have had the joy and luxury of being able to put in a garden this year and tend it from germination through to a clamoring jungle of vegetable being. Because it is in raised beds and because it is organic, I managed all my weeds by picking each, one by one. Next year I am going to lay down plastic to help with weed but more importantly water management. Neither of these things have been too onerous, its just nice to optimize the system.
As a result of the daily weeding and now the daily tending of my high rise cucumbers, spaghetti squash, zucchini, pumpkins, and watermelons, I have come to feel rather maternal towards these plants. As they shift from the growing phase to the production phase, I am having to deal with the twinge I feel when I harvest a vegetable.
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