Time to Reap What You Sowed

This is the best time of the gardening season. Plants have matured and are now giving back after the many hours of nurturing. Early lettuce, radishes and herbs are appreciated at the beginning of the season, but there is nothing like the mid-summer's bounty of beans, cucumbers and squashes. And, those first few pickings are so exciting. In a few weeks I know I may have to force myself to make one more trip to the garden to pick tomatoes before they fall off the vine and zucchinis before they turn into giants, but now everything is still new and immensely appreciated.