Weekend Cooking: markets & gardening

For as long as my daughter has been married, she and her husband have made it a habit to visit the farmer's market on Saturday morning. There are several well known markets around our area, some big and some small. Our very own little town of Kent, a southern bedroom community to Seattle has a little market that runs from May until October. We live in the Kent valley, an area that used to be all agricultural--rich dark soil which makes growing produce successful. Such yummy fresh produce abounds!

I have always meant to accompany them on some of these Saturday morning forays, but still having my own boys at home, boys with busy schedules, has made it difficult. But now, after 5 years, happily I can say that I went with them!

What did I purchase, you might wonder?
How about some:

1. Green Beans
2. Beefsteak Tomatoes

3. Basil
4. Cherry Tomatoes...and
5. A lovely bunch of flowers

Adelaide got a balloon.

I often think about the olden days--you know, when people grew their own food and were self sustaining. What a lot of land and work it would take for us to grow all the vegetables and fruit our family would need for a year. Because really, most of us city/suburb people garden for fun. Kind of like a hobby.

My husband puts in a small garden each year, and takes pleasure in seeing his hard work come to fruition. I thought I would share a couple of photos ---we don't have a very long growing season nor very much land to work with--but still, if I can get some fresh grown peas, beans and tomatoes, I will be a very happy lady!


How about all of you? Does anyone else out there have a garden? What do you plant?



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