Sharing is Contagious

Share your glorious garden with others.

My Parents were always sharing their produce and flowers with others. My Mother used to take a bouquet of flowers to church almost every Sunday. She worked hard on the bouquet to make sure it looked great. I know people appreciated her hard work and talent.

Sharing is contagious, if you give someone something from your garden, they will be more likely to share with someone or do something nice for someone else. Isn't that the way it should be? Besides, doing for others makes you feel good.

So share your garden with someone - anyone.

WHY YOU SHOULD EAT FROM YOUR GARDEN

Money, Money, Money
Flavor, Flavor, Flavor

Fresh food is so good for you, imagine going out in your garden and picking, pulling or digging enough food to prepare an entire meal. I can remember growing up when ‘everything’ from our meal we raised; meat, green relish, chili sauce, potatoes, gravy, bread, butter, raspberry jam, peas, milk, tomatoes, cucumbers and canned plums with cream (yum). Doesn’t that sound good !!!

It was a great feeling to be able to say that. My Parents were so proud to remind us of that quite often. I sometimes look at what I am eating and wish I could say that too. Most of my ‘garden meals’ consist of vegetables in a salad, but of course much of what I eat does not come from my garden. Below is a list of what my Mother canned in 1956 for our family.

About 450 quarts of food, I marvel at this list every time I see it. How hard she and Dad worked to put food on our table.