Gardening Time

It is that time of year again.  I can just hear Mother asking Daddy what they would do with all the vegetables that were coming out of the garden.  Well, Daddy’s garden is much smaller than it used to be and Mother is not with us to do the vegetable preparation for the winter.  Thank goodness she taught both Donna and me and of course the one she loved best to work the goodies from the garden.

As I walked to find a picture or two suitable for the blog, I saw the beautiful Black-eyed Susans which grow at the side of the garden.

During Mother’s illness the grass and weeds got way ahead of the hoer, but Daddy has beaten some of them back, along with the help of some beloved friends.  Now there are some paths along side the plants.

Tomatoes are ready for freezing now.  These are a few of the ones which Daddy and I will work today.  He also cut a small mess of okra.  The corn has tassels and the silks are turning on the corn.  I always knew there would be fresh corn on Sand Mountain around Mother’s birthday.  There are even a few peas filling out their pods.  Daddy says he did not plant any so they must have come up from the old hulls with a few peas still in them which were tossed last year.  Enjoy the pictures and think of the work that a productive garden makes for the owners of the garden.  Then in your mind’s eye see the beautiful vegetable soup on a cold January day and smell the hot corn bread, fresh from the oven.

Gardening time is the summer’s variety of country living.