It can be a real pleasure to reap the benefits from one’s own vegetable garden.  Getting that part of the garden to produce reliably is sometimes a bit of a struggle, as we have to wage war with bugs, blights and any animals in the neighborhood that think our potential crop is there for their enjoyment 🙂
When things go right, we’re justifiably proud. Â When they don’t we can learn to appreciate a bit more how difficult farming really is.
Do you have any vegetable garden stories that you’d like to share? Â What have been your battles and victories?
Technical Details
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mk II using an EF 24-105mm f/4L lens. Â Studio lights were used so that exposure settings were 1/100 second at f/6.3 at 100 ISO.
THREE blueberries harvested this afternoon !! That probably makes a total of 30 so far this summer !!! Your tomatoes look delicious. l agree, it’s good to try growing. ‘ve really come to appreciate the hard work, disappointment and joy involved. 🙂
It has been a bit hit and miss; the other morning, I had to chase turkeys aways, as they were happily helping themselves 🙂
Yay Frank, awesome looking tomatoes.
I actually did a blog post about a strawberry plant I kept watering, even though I thought there wouldn’t be any more strawberries this year. And then she started giving me strawberries again!! They were delicious. (I might have used this post for one of your photo challenges, I can’t quite recall 🙂 )
Blessings…. great post and photo. Bursting with flavor.
We have been trying all summer to grow our tomatoes. Currently we have succeeded in 2 red tomatoes. You are so right – it is such a pleasure when things go well, and a lot of lessons learned when they don’t!
Emma @ http://www.cookingwithemmarussell.wordpress.com