A Joy

I had a real joyous happening today. I got to share things that I had created. I know you all remember back in April when I did my mass planting of seeds. I always plant every last one of them because you never know which seeds will grow and which ones will be duds.

This year, they were nearly all perfect!

I had so many extra cucumber plants and squash plants that I decided today to walk around the neighborhood and give them away. I left the puppies at home and took Fritz and Greta with me. They both respond well to my voice commands.

We walked up to the top of our driveway. This is where Frank lives. He is ninety years old and just the sweetest man around (besides Hubby that is!). I gave him cucumber plants. He shared with me some of his special purple bean seeds! Then I stopped at our friends home next to his. They have watched the pooches for us a few times and we have grown very fond of them as well. I had some slicing and pickling cucumbers for them. Antoinette makes the best mustard pickles! I hope these will give her what she needs.

Later in the day I headed up to our closest neighbor’s home with squash, and cucumbers. She had some Dill in her garden and she dug it up and shared it with me.

It made me feel really good, this sharing of crops. We all will exchange our specialties in the fall too, when canning time starts. I think it’s one of the things that I like the best about living in the country.

Yes, today was a joy!