This past spring we were invited by our neighbors to grow a garden on their property along with their family and their daughter's family. We jumped at the chance to learn from two families' expertise. They have been very patient and generous with us since we really know nothing about gardening, except how to pull weeds. Cheesy as it sounds, I completely underestimated how fulfilling it has been to have a real garden that feeds my family! It really is a highlight each day to walk next door and see what has taken place overnight. Plus I'm learning so much about produce! Who knew there were such things as round, lemon cucumbers? Or green zebra tomatoes? Yellow beets? Even purple beans!
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| A rainbow of cherry tomatoes! |
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| Our neighbors were so generous to share their priceless raspberries with us. The kids LOVED walking to the garden to pick a snack. |
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| Everything just keeps growing bigger and bigger. |
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| We have some friends with tons of blueberry bushes on their property and they invited us last week to pick all we wanted--yes please! Wild Maine blueberries are much smaller than the blueberries you buy at your local grocery store, and they are really potent and flavorful. Perfect for baking. So far we have made blueberry crisp, blueberry cream pie, and blueberry sauce for pancakes. And lots of smoothies and some popsicles. I think the kids and I ended up picking a couple of gallons of berries. |
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| Purple and green string beans picked from our friends' farm. They have a huge vegetable garden with acres and acres of land and they sell their produce each summer at a produce stand on their property. |
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| Our neighbors taught Davis and Maddie how to pull carrots out of the ground. They were so surprised to learn that they grow in the dirt. We are baby carrot people around here most of the time. |
Feeling at home in a new place usually takes me awhile---like, the-better-part-of-a-year kind of "awhile," but having a garden has just been so fun and given me something to look forward to, and in a small way it's made Maine feel a little more like home.
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