Harvesting

I have been super lucky this year and my plants are really producing - a lot more than a few others I know, and its all from dumb luck. This is what I picked earlier this week on Tuesday night - a nice little haul. Only problem I had, is I had just picked a haul like this on Friday - and there is no way I can eat that many tomatoes. I know many that grow your own food like to can, dehydrate and freeze bounty of their work.

Trying to give like my plants

I am OK with trying all of those, but right now I am actually really happy giving these all away to my neighbors. I have 3-4 neighbors that get really excited when i stop by with 3-4 tomatoes for the week, and tell me they already ate the prior ones.

Instead of growing my food pantry and stock, I look at this as an opportunity to grow my community and network. It is a amazing what a few little gifts of food do between neighbors and friends. I know in the past when we have received gifts like this we look for a way to "pay them back". Shoveling snow, raking fall leaves, hauling off the Christmas tree. Things that are small, take a little effort, but can make a big impact. My next harvest or two, I may look into dehydrating, or freezing for chili, but if not, I am still really happy providing some food for my neighbors.

Bacon

Side note, my wife has said if I make a lot of bacon, she can take are of a lot of these in the form of BLT's. Guess I got some work to do.

Grow on!! ~Senstless~