Summertime at the Office

It happens every year here. Right around April/May, all the office ladies get so excited about gardening season! Can't wait to get in the garden and put out my tomatoes! Green beans! Cucumbers! Squash! I'll can and freeze to my heart's content and won't even glance at the grocery store produce section until November, HURRAH!

And then, about July/August ... reality. All those beans, maters, and vines have to be picked. And picked. Aaaand picked. and picked. And canned, and frozen, and fed to the children in as many imaginative ways as possible until the kids are dying for a meatloaf. No one can just leave a bean on a plant and let it go to useless waste. Better to bend over, pick 'em dry, and ...



Pawn 'em off on the officemates! Ha! And usually, I admit, I'm one of the pawnees. But not this year - the folks and I have quite a productive community garden. I might even bring some beans into the office ...