Summer Dreams
“Adam brooded around the house all morning, and at noon he went to find Lee, who was spading the dark composted earth of his vegetable garden and planting his spring vegetables, carrots and beets, turnips, peas, and string beans, rutabaga and kale.”
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Inspiration
Each spring I get excited about gardening and have dreams of growing vegetables. Nothing exotic, tomatoes and zucchini would make me happy. I would love to be complaining about too much zucchini and hundreds of cherry tomatoes! My enthusiasm is always dampened by the coastal fog and the stealth army of snails that that greedily devour our little seedlings. I am hopeful. This year the month of May has been filled with sunshine. Even when the day begins covered with a gray blanket of damp fog the sun has arrived mid-day. With almost daily sunshine the tomato plants are growing. The snails are being snobs and ignoring the Romano beans I planted on a whim. After I transplanted them I wistfully wondered if they would last. The second planting of zucchini is surrounded by a copper rings and the snails have mostly found other tender delicacies for their insatiable appetites. I am hopeful.