Behind Infinity

July is here, and with it, vegetables have come.

These are last week’s peas.
They were so, so amazing. The snow peas were crisp and tender. The snap peas were buttery and delicious.
(Next year, I will plant two or three times as many snap peas as I did this year.)

And this. I spent the better part of an hour yesterday morning, picking things. The beans are producing like mad. Dad and I picked a good 12 lbs of them on Thursday night and I got another 3 lbs yesterday. we’ve had them 3 times already this week and shared some with friends and there are still more in the refrigerator.

Also, I got my first cucumbers and squash this week. I cannot put into words how thrilling I think it is to pull back a thick, furry leaf canopy and find a fat little gourd hidden underneath. I realize that later in the season when the squash plants are producing four or five full-grown vegetables a day, my enthusiasm will probably be replaced by something like dread. But for now, I <3 my zucchini.

All of the bell pepper plants have adorable baby peppers on them. The red peppers, which start out green, are just starting to show the faintest streaks of red. Every last tomato plant has branches and branches full of green tomatoes. Romas and beefsteaks and cherries and big boys and about 6 other different varieties that I forget. I wish they would start turning red already! Maybe this week.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get over how amazing it is to put plants in the ground and have food appear 45 or so days later.

Max just wanted to say hello.
I love this boy and I’m getting really excited about his future. He’s 4 this year and has been a bit of a late bloomer growth-wise, so up until now I have not been serious about working with him. Now that he is starting to fill out and has a longer attention span, we are having fun together. I’ll share more about his training in a future post, sometime soon.