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Hooray For the First Ripe Tomato

For me, the first ripe tomato is a BIG DEAL. I found my first one this morning. It will be carefully divided in half to have with our dinner.

Ignoring the weeds, I did a garden patrol and found my first ripe eggplants and sweet bell peppers. This is a big deal too. Tonight’s meal will be some type of wonderful Italian dish with the eggplant, green peppers, onions, garlic and lots of cheese! There will be a side dish of pasta covered with fresh pesto. I picked a big basket of Mammoth basil that will be pesto by tonight.

I spent years and years of being a “want to be”.  Growing my own food was a dream goal that was a long time coming.  No longer a far off happening in the future, now it is a daily event. I get emails and phone calls from folks who want to live the country life. My words to them are always encouraging. Keep on keeping on. It is easy to give up on any dream or goal if it is a long time coming. However, if you can hang in there, it will happen.

I have new dreams and new goals. They sound pretty impossible and out of reach. However, so did my country dream a long time ago.

There is a new season coming. It is a blessing to be able to enjoy today and look forward to the future.

July 20, 2010   Posted in: Contemplations, Garden

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