New signs of fall

A couple of days ago, we must have had a slight frost overnight. I have definite evidence of frost burn on several of my tomato plants and a couple of the squash plants. It is a sure sign that fall is here and winter is not far away.

I hate that the garden is showing all of the signs of ending for the year. I love the solitude of sitting and picking beans or tomatoes or squash. I will miss the taste of my own vegetables on my plate because what I buy in the grocery store just does not compare.

I thought it was in my own mind, but I know different now. I have cooked two of the best pots of green beans I have had in years. The beans actually had flavor and was so much like the beans I used to pick from my garden thirty plus years ago. The flavor of Blue Lake beans, whether pole or bush, is exquisite. Nothing like some from a can or a freezer.

My Patty Pan squash and my light skinned zucchini have that buttery flavor that just is unbelievable. My new puppy, Maggie, loves the squash just like my boys do. They all sat begging for more a couple of nights ago.

All of these things do not compare with walking out the back door and picking your own vegetables. No bill to pay or anybody to thank but yourself. G-d has such a perfect system and we just need to use it.

Join me next year. Grow your own vegetables, either my way or yours. Give it a try and see how good you will feel when you have succeeded.

Grow an heirloom tomato and make yourself a Redneck sandwich. Soft white bread slathered with mayonnaise and a think slab of tomato. Salt and pepper will finish off the sandwich and you.