This afternoon was overcast due to the expected rain but I went out to check on everything anyway. There was a cucumber that promised to be ready soon and I wanted to check on the ripening tomatoes. It seems like the only tomatoes that have shown any color, minus the ones in the container in Patch, are the ones touching the ground in some way and those have been getting ripped open, eaten in parts, or rotted from touching the ground. So I wanted to make sure I got any ripe ones out of there before that happened. It turns out I was too late for all except one. It was perfectly red and ripe with not a rip or bite to be seen. I grabbed it and two more that weren't ripe enough yet but would get torn to shreds if I didn't pick them and I grabbed to onions that were poking out of the ground. They were the perfect pearls. Then I went over to the cucumber container to find two beautiful cucumbers. One was still a little spiked so I left it to grow for another day or two. The other was the longest cucumber we've had yet and ready to eat. I took my soon to be salad inside and washed everything off. Then I grabbed a cutting board and started chopping. I took pictures along the way... When I was done with my salad I was so psyched. I had such a sense of accomplishment. With all the disappointment from the rainy summer I never thought I would get to make lunch from the veggies I'd worked so hard to grow and picked a few minutes before. The salad was amazing and even mo amazing was the way I felt about it. I really am proud of what I've done. I hope they'll be more salads in my future but if there aren't this ONE was worth it all.
After lunch...
I not back out and took a few pictures of the other goodies growing steadily...
Large ripe strawberry in the 8G container. I'll pick it tomorrow.
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