Spring Harvest
Greetings to everyone.
One of the things we wanted to accomplish before heading down to Mississippi was get the yard cleaned up, and to have the garden tilled. Several times we planned on renting a tiller and doing the work ourselves. In the end, we acknowledged we were fooling ourselves.
We hired the same man who dug out the garden from the lawn for us last year. He had a last-minute opening if we agreed to let him do the work today. We made things work out to accommodate his schedule.
Rebecca was in Wyoming this weekend, but said we needed to have the leaves and whatnot raked away from the chicken wire fence so the tiller could get to it. So, Xavier and I, shovels and rakes in hand, marched into the yard.
Xavier contented himself with raking (we have a broom rake which will collapse down to his size; he loves it). As I raked, I found under the leaves onions growing. After poking in the dirt, we discovered them to be nicely sized. Not wanting them to get tilled, Xavier and I dug them up.
We also found carrots and got them out of the ground, although these were less impressive than the onions. The largest carrot we pulled measured about one and a half inches. Still, we pulled them. I thought if Xavier helped harvest them he might eat them also.
Xavier not only harvested these, but insisted on carrying them into the house and washing them. He was very proud. We planned on having some of these for our lunch. We decided on hot dogs for the onions and cooked carrots and mac & cheese as sides.
We did all the prep work. Got out the hot dog buns and the condiments, and boiled the macaroni. We went for the hot dogs, but none were to be found. It was too late to hit the store as the yard guys were to be here soon. So, we sadly scrounged for second choices, none of which included our onions or carrots.