Tuesday, September 16, 2014

From the Capitol Hill garden to the Table

It started out in spring as a tiny plant in our patio garden. It was called "early girl" and we supported it with a large cage in hopes for a good tomato crop this summer. Since we grassed in a good chunk of the flower garden we needed to be selective about the vegetable we would plant this year. So the tomato beat out the cucumber. That plant grew higher than the fence and bent over itself. Until recently it seemed early girl was a dud. The first few were gobbled ip by patrolling squirrels who left the skins behind. That was not a good sign. It kept getting greener and bigger, but didn't have much to show for it - until the last few weeks. We started bringing in the lightly ripened tomatoes and kept them in the southern exposure on the kitchen table, then transferred them to the kitchen to ripen some more until they were ready for good eats. And they are! We had a huge garden in Milwaukee, but there is something special about having just one plant and tending it. Now I'm ready to move on to the fall season and get the garden back in proportion. Maybe next year we'll go for the cucumbers. 







No comments:

Post a Comment