Early settlers sometimes referred to late winter/early spring as the “starving time.” All of the potatoes, cabbage, winter squash, and turnips had been eaten, but the summer crops were just emerging from the ground. People were reduced to eating dandelion and grass.
Starving time is now over. In fact, we are overwhelmed with bok choy, onions, collards, leeks, peas, garlic, lettuce, red beets, kale, potatoes, and rhubarb. Soon the squash and cucumbers and beans will arrive, followed by tomatoes, okra, peppers, cabbage, and eggplants.
Am I bragging about my garden? Maybe just a little.
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