Volunteers.
Since my second vegetable garden, oh so many years ago, I have been fascinated at the “volunteers” from the year before. These are plants that defy the rototiller and spring up unbidden in the new spring garden.
I’ve had volunteer tomatoes, chives (pictured), lettuce, corn, and others. Not to mention the strawberries that I rescued a few years ago at a plant sale, which have been quietly spreading from their spot that I so quickly planted them in.
Veggie gardens are a lot of work, so one has to marvel that some of these volunteers show up year after year, to lend their fruits – er, their vegetables? – to our labors.
Speaking of which, we’re now accepting applications for volunteer weeders. No takers? LOL.
Until next time.