the best BLT I've ever eaten . 4 slices of thick cut hickory cured bacon , a smattering of lettuce , and 2 half-inch thick slices of Big Boy tomato still warm from the sun on whole wheat toast . Juice dripping from my chin ... I love this garden . I'm getting so much more produce than I ever did down in Memphis . Gotta find more neighbors that like cucumbers ... or start looking for cars with unlocked doors . Also got to stay right on top of the zukes , they grow so fast they're like 8" this morning and 14" by tomorrow afternoon . One thing I have noticed , stuff farther from the forest edge is doing much better . I'll be moving the garden down a few feet next summer ... unfortunately this`will take out about half of the wild blackberry patch , but it just wasn't that productive . And it's not like there aren't more , they're along the roadsides and in the power line easements too . That ground will be much more productive under cultivation . I hope within 3 years to be supplying about 1/3 to 1/2 of our produce/veggies from the land . But I won't plant 4 hills of cukes again - unless we start pickling .
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10 years ago