Fresh from the garden...

Nothing makes me happier than watching, caring, loving, nurturing, admiring, and ultimately consuming a fresh little item from the garden. After 3 summers in NYC I discovered the only healthy patch of live green grass lied in central park along with the other millions of bodies that shared in it. As you might imagine, I was simply thrilled this year to have the opportunity to plant a small garden with my sweet hubby Micah in our spacious pastures. 

I can think of no better way to honor mother earth than take advantage of the wonderful nurturing she provides in producing such lovely sustenance. We get so disconnected to food when everything we eat comes from a box, mix, or plastic bag. I think it becomes easy to forget that real food does ultimately come from the earth and what roams it.  So this little garden is truly a humble, happy garden! 

Before

After

and after the after! (Holy crap batman, those tomato plants have taken over!) (Not to worry Robin, they have fallen over at least 4 times in the storms, they pose no threat!)

Overgrown seeding lettuce

Our first and second zucchini (My Gluten Free cookies thank you!)

A cornucopia of little treasures!

The apple tree produces cute little guys, but bitter to the taste, showcased in the fabulous pink/green stoneware I bought at summerfest! (In my humble opinion, green and pink is the fusion of perfection in color! I mean really does it get any better?)

And with all these colorful, beautiful veggies to consume I love the fact that a serving of vegetable hasn't changed for Micah!

Micah is on the left, me on the right!

Thanks Halling's for sharing your lettuce!

And after working on our little garden we were still eager enough to work a bit on our landscaping!

And yes, I know its humble, but it sure beats the hot glued snowflakes and flowers in my mothers front yard (yes your heard me right, snowflakes, and yes it is hot glued onto the branch), I suppose we do have the benefit of it not dying...