Slow Farming During the Holidays!

In a previous post, I claimed the home farm need never be idle in Southern California (or in Hawaii, in the case of fellow blogger, my daughter, Debbie). Well, I did not take into account that this lone home farmer needs to take a break and concentrate on the holidays! And there are all those research papers this professor must read and undergrads to test. For all of these reasons, my garden has had a timeout.

Between rainfalls today, I wandered between my vegetable boxes and enjoyed finding little treats to take into the house, such as the last of the cherry tomatoes, a few bush beans, cilantro, lettuce, and a basketful of Chayote.

The fall colors all around me and the dark, moist soil with scattered leaves patterned intricately upon it, cause me to feel I ought to let the place rest a while. I think I'll just go inside and cozy  up and read Julia Childs' tomes and Alice Waters' wondrous recipes and dream about the vegetables I'll grow for the table come early spring.

Meanwhile, Hanalie Bay Deb is planning and readying her first-ever garden plot, which her husband is creating for her as a Christmas present. It will be exciting to hear how this all goes. She has ambitious plans to put out summer vegetables now. She can do that in her part of the world.