Seasonality
Customers are conditioned to shopping at grocery stores where they can buy blueberries in December and tomatoes in May. So they arrive at our June Farmer’s Market asking for tomatoes, not understanding ‘seasonality’ of food grown in our temperate climate. I explained to one customer that I have tomato plants, that they have yellow flowers on them and won’t fruit until a month or so from now. Most Gardeners can’t take summer vacations, for some fruit of the harvest might be re
Big Garden
In March 2006, we visited a large beautiful garden in Chiang Rai, Thailand—it was wonderful and refreshing to stand in awe of the mature plants! There’s little to do to tend the garden except for watering, for it is already mature and complete. Most people want to lounge in the Big Garden and take pictures, for its maturity and colors capture one’s awe. Behind the big garden was a nursery—it was small and out of public sight and few were taking pictures. Workers sat on low be
