[AT] Old time gardens

[Len Rugen]

It was a crazy afternoon.  I'm trying to fix a SEWER problem, I guess my
pipe crushed under a driveway because of the wet ground.  Anyway, I had to
make a trip to the farm in the mud to weld a broken mini-backhoe and look
for some other tools.  It has drizzled all day and I decided to take a pass
thru what was left of our garden.  We have pretty much abandoned it, but the
fall rains have revived the okra and bell peppers.

That got me to thinking of the times as a kid (and ever since) of the things
that get ate before the leave the garden.  It seems there is nothing quite
like eating something right where it grew, starting with peas in the spring.
Of course, the cherry tomatoes were the main course all summer, but there
are lots of things that I like raw.  All the cleaning that is necessary is
to wipe it off on a clean spot of my shirt.  I had a pepper today, just eat
to the seads and throw the rest out.  Still dripping with the rain.  Okra is
even good raw, if you don't mid the fuzz.

The old farmsteads used to have a few apple trees that had a few apples each
fall.  Good to eat, but you had to cut around the bug holes at times.  Good
deer hunting near those trees too.




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