Look What We Grew

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”

- John Steinbeck

“A Garden Recipe

First plant four rows of PEAS Patience Promptness Preparation and Perseverance

Next to these plant three rows of SQUASH Squash gossip Squash criticism Squash indifference

Then plant four rows of LETTUCE Let us be faithful to duty Let us be loyal and unselfish Let us be faithful to our obligations Let us respect each other

Leah’s enjoying all the yummy fruit her garden is growing right now: mandarines, passionfruit, lemon, native Atherton raspberries, dwarf mulberries, Panama berries, tamarillo and chokos. No garden is complete without TURNIPS Turn up to meetings Turn up with a smile

Turn up with determination to make everything count for something good and worthwhile.” Author unknown, shared by Jill at our March meeting.

Jill’s second crop of dragonfruit for the season. Planted three years ago; with a much more prolific crop than last year’s crop.

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”