Bringing in the Sheaves

     The only thing better for a farmer than breaking new ground is eating the fruit of it after many months of care.  The new ground that we broke in the spring is bearing abundant fruit in the form of summer vegetables.  Those beans, tomatoes, and squash that have been at our booth and on our table came from that new ground.  Soon there will be sweet potatoes and ginger, as well.  We are currently keeping the okra for ourselves.  After all of our tilling, planting, weeding, watching, waiting, and praying, Mr. Jones's old garden is yielding its first crop in decades; enough to feed us, to feed you, and to put by for the winter.  What a summer.