If you are a ‘gardener’ (of foodstuffs), two things that can’t be beaten—-a fresh tomato off the vine and a fresh ear of corn ! ! ! ! Too bad morel mushrooms should be soaked over night in salt water to emiliorate any unwanted items or ‘little visitors’ ! ! !
Will be at that stage of gardening in several more months ! Right now tis planning , preparation then planting . I do have several tomatoes growing indoors that have tomatoes on them :-)
We have eight plum trees. Last year only plums from one made it into the house and then only because there were hundreds of them. IIRC, I also got a couple off of the Burbank. My wife likes plums.
Not doing that much as a “plugger” but in my “pre-plugger” days my friends and I would sometimes raid neighbor’s gardens at night for carrots, corn, green beans, tomatoes. Somehow the excitement of the sneaking around made them taste better.
I grew up in fertile ag land in Sacramento, CA. We all had huge gardens and grew our own fruits and veggies. I used to follow my Grandfather along the rows and eat the food right off the vines or out of the ground—so fresh, so delicious!!! My Mother and Grandmother would prep the fruits and veggies for freezing so we were able to eat fresh food all year round.
Good one, James! Yup, we had a 1/4 acre garden behind our old three-story 19th century house in Gorham, Maine. I remember shucking corn, picking peas, & cutting up tomatoes to go with my mother’s freshly baked bread (circa, 1950s)
We used to have a vegetable garden in our back yard. Problem was that the children’s mental health facility husband worked in would close for vacation for 2 weeks in August – those would be the 2 weeks everything we planted came in.
His parents lived near by and his dad would stop and take our mail and check the mail while we were away so we told him to help himself to any vegetables which were ripe so they did not go to waste.
Then his dad died and everything we planted would go bad while we were away, so he stopped planting same.
yoey1957 about 2 months ago
Thats the best way!
prongdtt about 2 months ago
When I go out to the garden, I carry restaurants salt packets in the coin pocket of my jeans.
Zykoic about 2 months ago
Love taking peas in the garden.
'IndyMan' about 2 months ago
If you are a ‘gardener’ (of foodstuffs), two things that can’t be beaten—-a fresh tomato off the vine and a fresh ear of corn ! ! ! ! Too bad morel mushrooms should be soaked over night in salt water to emiliorate any unwanted items or ‘little visitors’ ! ! !
Gandalf about 2 months ago
Especially the tomatoes!!!
Gent about 2 months ago
Eh nothing is beats eating freshest fresh foods.
juicebruce about 2 months ago
Will be at that stage of gardening in several more months ! Right now tis planning , preparation then planting . I do have several tomatoes growing indoors that have tomatoes on them :-)
david_42 about 2 months ago
We have eight plum trees. Last year only plums from one made it into the house and then only because there were hundreds of them. IIRC, I also got a couple off of the Burbank. My wife likes plums.
Showfloor about 2 months ago
As a child picking blackberries about half made it in to the pail
PraiseofFolly about 2 months ago
At least dip the broccoli in boiling water for a few minutes. Those little green caterpillars are too well camouflaged to pick them all out by eye …
ctolson about 2 months ago
Had that problem with the strawberries and buffalo berries in our garden. Choke cherries off our tree weren’t an issue.
Just-me about 2 months ago
I do that! Especially with the tomatoes and sweet peppers.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 2 months ago
Haven’t heard of garden-to-mouth before.
ladykat about 2 months ago
Best way to eat your home-grown produce.
nsaber about 2 months ago
Imagine whirled peas…
rhpii about 2 months ago
You are killin’ me. I haven’t even planted my garden. It was 19° this morning.
whelan_jj about 2 months ago
Not doing that much as a “plugger” but in my “pre-plugger” days my friends and I would sometimes raid neighbor’s gardens at night for carrots, corn, green beans, tomatoes. Somehow the excitement of the sneaking around made them taste better.
anomalous4 about 2 months ago
No salt needed – a freshly picked, fully vine-ripe tomato has all the flavor you could ask for!
PDXCubbie about 2 months ago
Used to love doing that in our vegetable garden when I was little……great memories!
Caldonia about 2 months ago
But washing it first is advisable. But what do you expect from a guy like this?
mistercatworks about 2 months ago
Yep, a true plugger has hypertension AND carries salt in his shirt pocket.
g04922 about 2 months ago
Early Summer sweet corn right on the cob is great too…
Back to Big Mike about 2 months ago
CHURCH! I love raiding the garden for a snack, for as long as it lasts. Green beans, snap peas, tomatoes…man, I’m a bit hungry right now…
vick53 about 2 months ago
That is exactly what I would do when I was little! Take a salt shaker out to the garden and eat the tomatoes!!
byword84646 about 2 months ago
I grew up in fertile ag land in Sacramento, CA. We all had huge gardens and grew our own fruits and veggies. I used to follow my Grandfather along the rows and eat the food right off the vines or out of the ground—so fresh, so delicious!!! My Mother and Grandmother would prep the fruits and veggies for freezing so we were able to eat fresh food all year round.
exness Premium Member about 2 months ago
Asparagus never makes it into the house.
a sage about 2 months ago
Shouldn’t you wash the produce first?
pamela welch Premium Member about 2 months ago
I live in farm country; cannot wait ’til all the local stands open in July! Mmmmm
Karptaz about 2 months ago
the only way to eat your veggies
lanainutahdesert about 2 months ago
Good one, James! Yup, we had a 1/4 acre garden behind our old three-story 19th century house in Gorham, Maine. I remember shucking corn, picking peas, & cutting up tomatoes to go with my mother’s freshly baked bread (circa, 1950s)
DebUSNRet Premium Member about 2 months ago
Miss those Jersey tomatoes!
mafastore about 2 months ago
We used to have a vegetable garden in our back yard. Problem was that the children’s mental health facility husband worked in would close for vacation for 2 weeks in August – those would be the 2 weeks everything we planted came in.
His parents lived near by and his dad would stop and take our mail and check the mail while we were away so we told him to help himself to any vegetables which were ripe so they did not go to waste.
Then his dad died and everything we planted would go bad while we were away, so he stopped planting same.