So it begins. Finally after 8 months of pining, yearning and reminiscing, the day is here. Today, after putting weeds from the lettuce beds at Blue Pike Farm I had my first tomato of the season. All the patience and longing was well worth it, these tomatoes warmed my soul.
It is amazing how different fresh produce is from anything you buy in a store or even from the Westside Market (can we say generic, anyone?).
As I was pulling weeds and then noshing on my sweet rewards of tomatoes, blueberries and black raspberries off the vines and bush, I took a pause to think about this life and the next and how zen farming makes my life. I can work with my hands, getting dirt under my fingernails, seeing and tasting the immediate results of my labor. Giving back to nature as she gives back to me.
Nothing beats it.
If you haven't been, .Blue Pike Farm has its weekly Farmers Market every Thursday evening from 4-7 p.m.
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