Week Five and Six: Embracing the Rain

Week Four: Sunny Days are Here to Stay

Week Three: April Showers are Bringing the Flowers

Week Two: Blooms and Potatoes

Welcome everyone to the second season of The Patchwork Kitchen Garden!

And just like that, all good things must come to an end.

The changing of the seasons is a reminder to live in the present and accept each moment as it comes.

Summer is setting and the new harvests are dawning.

Tomatoes and peppers and more tomatoes, oh my!

“A late summer garden has a tranquility found no other time of the year.” -William F. Longgood

“Just as the seasons change and the honey bees pollinate the planet and make honey, we are also doing exactly what we are supposed to be doing. We also are a part of nature, certainly not separate from nature.” -Bryan Kest

This week has been an absolute whirlwind of gardening adventures, filled with bountiful harvests and unexpected surprises.

All my efforts are finally coming into fruition, the real harvesting begins.

“There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.” -Alfred Austin

“Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time.” -William Cowper

“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” – Hippocrates

“The Battle of the Bugs”—that’s all I can really say about this week.

“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.” -Henry David Thoreau

“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”-Anne Frank

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson