Today I spent some time in my own garden.  Because I have been busy all season with my clients' gardens, I rarely have the time to give my garden the attention it deserves.  Although it is not perfect, it still yields many good things to eat, but I do wish I had time to make it look perfectly manicured.  The garden writer Henry Mitchell once said, "Nothing in the garden is ever perfect, just as it is never a complete disaster."  I try to keep that in mind and have been working on seeing the beauty and not the flaws of my little backyard farm.

I harvested a grocery sack full of cucumbers and have so many that I will probably sell some extras to the LL Farm Stand in Westport.  I also got more okra and had the kids helped me dig up the rest of the potatoes in the front garden.  I moved some of the Jeruselum Articokes (Sun Chokes) out of the front bed and out of the back garden to a new spot in the front yard.  Some of the roots were ready to harvest so we plan on making a combo mashed pototoes and J.A. with dinner.  We have a whole basket of potatoes and I will probably make a potato salad tomorrow and some roasted potatoes with eggs for breakfast this week.