When you’re the smallest of small vegetable gardners, and your veggie garden consists of a 10′ X 4′ bed, every little thing that happens in that space is the most earth-shattering event. Every leaf, every flower, even every weed is big news. Seriously.
And when you see the very first flower turn into a veggie after days and days of watching and watering, well, your joy knows no bounds. Which is what I am proud to report is the state of my mind at the moment! A state saturated with a terrific combination of mega doses of serotonin and adrenaline– two brain chemicals, I am told, that contribute to feelings of great joy and excitement.
So, may I proudly present my Ichiban Eggplant that is majestically hanging from one of the two plants. I’ll be harvesting it with the greatest care later today, and it may take another couple of days of admiring it on my kitchen counter before I decide on cooking it, but for now, let me offer to you these wondrous pictures taken early this morning. Pictures that will preserve the glory and beauty of this most magnificent of vegetables for posterity! That last picture, btw, is how tiny the plants were almost six weeks ago. Is this a great show, or what?
