For those of you still concerned about my health, check out my harvest today.
Some overgrown zucchini, a head of broccoli, strawberries and onions I bartered from my gardening friend.
And just so you know, I am not gardening much these days. This has been a busy year and I haven't had the time to get out there much so I will have much less to harvest in June. Still, I think it'll be enough.
In the community garden I have zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, daikon, stirfry greens and strawberries growing. I lost the cucumber seedlings I planted to snails. There are a lot of them out this year.
I don't buy vegetable seedlings anymore. They are started at home from old seeds (some from 2008), or seeds that I have propagated from previous crops. Sometimes I'll get seeds from gardening friends at the community garden. Seriously, I don't know why people buy seeds every year. The strawberry plants are from 3 years ago and although they have been neglected, they still produce enough small berries for my cereal or yogurt. My expenses this year in the garden have been $0.
I have another garden in my father-in-law's back yard. Over there I've got tomatoes, green beans and peppers. My cucumber and eggplant seedlings got eaten up there too. It's been a bad year for me with my seedlings. Nothing is ready to harvest yet, but I hope to have some tomatoes and beans in June.
It occurred to me as I was driving home with my harvest that if I eat and depend on all these vegetables instead of my usual junk food, my body is going to go through a detox. And that is a good thing.
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