Every year, the same thing. Starts off all well-paced organization and then come August EVERYTHING is ready at the same time and I forget, every year I forget, how time-consuming it is, this glorious thing called veggie growing, and this year more time-consuming for having to water oftener than I normally would as we’ve had so little rain and the growing is slower and the harvest is less than usual and I swear I can hear the lettuce gasping some days and yet I pick a bowlful and am amazed at the flavour and so I water and weed with gratitude (I hope the lettuce gets the message) and yesterday I picked an armful of beets and today I blanched them for the freezer and picked some beans, which will be turned into salad and pickled and if there’s still extra I’ll make a yellow bean tiara.