July 30th, 2008 - First raspberries–from my own garden!
Last night, Maggie and I checked out the garden. We’d rushed outside hoping to catch sight of the jets flying overhead, but we missed them. So we went to the garden instead. Poking around here and there, Maggie snacked on a bean while I checked a few plants and pulled a few weeds.
Then I saw them. Huge. Red. Globular. In the vicinity of…my raspberries? YES! There were two ripe raspberries out front. We dashed through the front gate and checked them out. They were about an inch long; one was actually two grown together. We split them both. Oh they tasted so good. Fresh, warm, uncrushed. And there are more to come! (I don’t remember what variety I planted out front; I’ll have to check my garden book at home.) I cannot wait for the rest of them this summer–and so many more next summer!
Maggie also ate chives, rue, and basil before we went inside for bed. And expressed interest in garlic and onions, but the ground was dry so I couldn’t pull any up. (And in all sorts of other plants that are either inedible or not yet ripe such as the lilies, lamb’s ear, tomatoes, zinnias, and ground cherries.)
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