There was always a garden in my life. My mother grew tomatoes, peppers, peas and beans. Broccoli rabe and swiss chard also made appearances. She managed an incredible harvest in our Sayville seaside backyard, where the salty Great South Bay sprayed over the garden all summer.
My mother-in-law also kept a garden. Her crops included vegetables I never tried before, like parsnips, rhubarb, and beets. She jarred dilly beans and enjoyed getting into the dirt.
Matt and I garden as well. I am in charge of the herb garden where basil, thyme, rosemary, oregano, mint, chives, and sage happily grow in hap-hazard bunches next to the patio. Matt takes on the vegetables like a drill sergeant. The soil must have the perfect pH, liners must be straight and taut, and the seedling “must line up!”. He aims the sprinklers just so and has the timers for the soaker hoses set, and frets over fungus and weather reports. In the end, I ams thrilled with fresh tomatoes, peppers and eggplant seasoned with happy herbs.
My theme for the 2022 AtoZ Blog Challenge is titled Grand Prompts To Ask Your Grands. Each day in April I will present a conversation starter/journal prompt to ask your parents, grandparents, aunts, older neighbors, co-workers, yourself…you get the idea. The questions are meant to forge connections between and within generations and inspire storytelling and journaling.
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When I first heard Victory Garden, I asked mama… I never heard it referred as such but mama always had a garden. She canned everything. We had a garden at our other house, even growing corn. Next door was a senior filled apartment snd they enjoyed when I’d go over with a basket of veggies. We can’t seem to have a garden now as the squirrels, chipmunks and occasional woodchuck help themselves!
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I’m finding harder each year to keep the garden going, but my husband is very focused on it.
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I’d love a garden but just too hard to fight the animals for it.
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Another great A to Z post Antoinette. We only have a few letters left to write: W, X, Y and Z.
Stopping in from A to Z: https://brewingcoffeetwistingwordsbreakingpencils.ca/2022/04/26/vacation/
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We have our tomatoes and peppers planted and under our grow lights now. Just waiting till they are all ready to go outside into the ground. We always have a big garden.
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Tim Brannan
The Other Side | The A to Z of Conspiracy Theories
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Grow light are on for out little spouts. We just need warmer weather.
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