Plein Air in the Garden
I love having a garden. I almost said I love gardening, but that isn't honest. I don't do any of it, my husband Jackie does it all. It's all his and he is devoted to it and also seems to enjoys it. But that is his true nature about everything and I'm so blessed to have him! I'm nothing like that. I just love looking at the garden -oh yeah -and eating the veggies like all of Chicken Little's lazy friends. No honest-to-goodness southerner can deny that the garden's bounty is secondary to anything- even art -with the aroma of savory veggies cooking in summer! Several years ago, when I talked him into starting a garden- yes I did- and he denies it but it's true- I had two requests : 1. Plant apple trees 2. Grow Better Boy Tomatoes along with the Celebrity variety that he loves. It's all about the nostalgia as much as it is the harvest for me : I remember as a child climbing apple trees and eating green apples and wanted some for my grand k...