Vegetables
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 5:34 pm
In one corner of our yard is a vegetable garden. It is mainly looked after by Mrs Eagle as I am a little restricted in just how much vegetable gardening I can do.
Yesterday I noticed much activity there and, as we have fresh vegetables and fruit where possible (Mrs Eagle is a trained restaurant cook and likes to prepare food using as many natural ingredients as possible), I trundled off this morning in my wheelchair to inspect the occupants of the garden.
At the present time we have a heightened Wildfire Advisory in this and several adjoining counties due to high temperatures and absence of rain and so last night the watering system for the vegetables was left on.
This morning I duly turned it off and proceeded on my way.
Our system can be either turned on/off at an exterior faucet or individually as each spray thas an on/off switch at its base close to the ground.
The disadvantage of this latter arrangement is that if someone were to be clumsy enough to strike the on/off switch with a hard object e.g. a wheelchair, the spray will immediately spring into life and soak the nearest person with water. In my case it was set at "Fine Mist"
Have you ever tried to turn off a spray which is soaking you while sitting in a wheelchair? It's not easy I can assure you.
However, the journey was well worth it in the end.
I found the following vegetables and fruit in various stages of develpment:
Corn, Cherry and Plum Tomatoes ( sun dried they taste delicious)
Garlic, Butternut Squash, Eggplant, Zuccini, various Peppers, Pumpkin, an amazing assortment of chiles - American, Mexican and Thai (Mrs Eagle being from South East Asia specializes in oriental cooking) and the peach trees have their annual crop forming on the branches.
How does your vegetable garden grow?
Yesterday I noticed much activity there and, as we have fresh vegetables and fruit where possible (Mrs Eagle is a trained restaurant cook and likes to prepare food using as many natural ingredients as possible), I trundled off this morning in my wheelchair to inspect the occupants of the garden.
At the present time we have a heightened Wildfire Advisory in this and several adjoining counties due to high temperatures and absence of rain and so last night the watering system for the vegetables was left on.
This morning I duly turned it off and proceeded on my way.
Our system can be either turned on/off at an exterior faucet or individually as each spray thas an on/off switch at its base close to the ground.
The disadvantage of this latter arrangement is that if someone were to be clumsy enough to strike the on/off switch with a hard object e.g. a wheelchair, the spray will immediately spring into life and soak the nearest person with water. In my case it was set at "Fine Mist"
Have you ever tried to turn off a spray which is soaking you while sitting in a wheelchair? It's not easy I can assure you.
However, the journey was well worth it in the end.
I found the following vegetables and fruit in various stages of develpment:
Corn, Cherry and Plum Tomatoes ( sun dried they taste delicious)
Garlic, Butternut Squash, Eggplant, Zuccini, various Peppers, Pumpkin, an amazing assortment of chiles - American, Mexican and Thai (Mrs Eagle being from South East Asia specializes in oriental cooking) and the peach trees have their annual crop forming on the branches.
How does your vegetable garden grow?
