The Payoff for Gardeners

Posted May 25, 2010 by Matt Cole, Director of Education

I’m eating lunch right now.  (That’s part of the reason there is no picture: you don’t need to see me chewing.)  And this sandwich is my payoff for being attentive to my gardening.  It might seem to be just a leftover from dinner last night, but I know it includes the first harvest of homegrown spinach for the year.  Its fun to grow plants for their beauty, or the composition of the garden overall, but there’s a special satisfaction that comes with the first harvest of something edible.
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