Today was a day filled with pleasantries. Our family spent the afternoon harvesting blackberries and green beans at a friend’s bountiful garden followed by a brief effort to forage chantrelle mushrooms at the home of another friend.
My efforts to garden are wildly surpassed by individuals who possess such skill with cultivating the earth. I try…with what little time I buy out, to teach my children where our food comes from. I have met with some success with my hobby gardening. Our six year old has titled himself a “fruititarian” since he was three years old, preferring raw fruits and vegetables to meat or processed dishes. Most of the vegetables that he loves are ones that he has watched grow in small quantities in our garden: kale, spinach, cherry tomatoes, sugar snap peas, green beans, bell peppers, cucumbers, and more. Our four year old daughter is becoming more brave with time, although not as broad in her food preferences. She responded to her brother’s adopted title by calling herself a “meatitarian.”
My aspirations to homestead are a dream…a daydream for which I continue at times to dwell on but quickly come back to reality. Reality is that I am a self-employed professional who home schools two children (with the help of my husband) and is a breastfeeding mother of a 7 week old infant. My time is better spent with those whom I love – family and friends. Pursuing relationships and keeping life simple now proves to be the most rewarding. It is better to share what we have and build relationships than to cultivate all crops on our own and have cultivated no friendships. Look at the generous bounty that was shared with us today!
A blessing indeed.
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| Summer’s Bounty – Generously Shared With Us |
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| Chantrelle Mushrooms |
