Everyday Randomness

I’m sitting here enjoying a nice midnight snack (although a couple hours late) thanks to Angie from Girly Things.  She reminded me just how much I love homegrown vegetables.  I grew up on a farm, so there wasn’t a meal that hit my mama’s table that didn’t involve something fresh from the garden.

I used to love helping my daddy with corn, green beans, peas, tomatos, cabbage, watermelons, cucumbers, squash, and to many other things to list.  Daddy has always grown everything completely the organic way, so I remember making extra cash as a kid by going into the garden with him to squash potato bugs!  My sister and I would head out with our mason jars, and daddy would give us a penny for each one we found and removed from his precious plants.  Those bugs really can stink, too!

Unfortunately, I didn’t inherit my daddy’s green thumb, but I did end up with my own garden full of happy memories.  I don’t have my own garden today because well, I killed the Aloe plant my grandma gave me as a wedding present.  I didn’t know I could over water it!  Now she rescues any plant that enters my doorway before I have a chance to kill it.  My grandparents live next door, and their gardens spill into my back yard, so as repayment for chasing off any wild animals that decide to munch away for free, I get to pick all the veggies I want for free.

This year we’ve got tomatos coming out the ears.  My grandma has canned over 300 jars of tomatos, and over 150 jars of green beans, and we’ve still got them flowing in like crazy.  I’ve been picking at least 5 or 6 tomatos a day, and that means I get to sit here and enjoy a wonderful tomato sandwich at 2 am that I didn’t have to pay a dime for.  The bread’s even homemade straight from my grandma’s kitchen!  I’m sorry, but you can’t buy something that tastes this delicious in a grocery store!