Strawberry Bliss

Reader Contribution by Ilene White Freedman
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Tonight I planted out the eggplant seedlings and then made my way over to the strawberry patch.  I stood out in the patch and ate strawberries for dinner and picked extra for dessert. Strawberries burst with the flavor of garden goodness. They represent all things good and sweet. If there was any thought about whether the long days of planting season are worth it, here come ripe strawberries to offer a little gift and perspective. A reminder that growing our own food is totally worth it.

A few years ago, we had two college summer interns who particularly appreciated the gifts from the garden. Lisa and Allison. I will never forget the expression on Lisa’s face when I would hand her a bowl and tell her to go harvest a salad and strawberries for lunch. Allison found her garden bliss when she tasted heirloom

tomatoes on the farm. She thought she didn’t like tomatoes, until she ate an organic heirloom tomato in season. Lisa and Allison both keep the farm in their hearts and it has guided their next steps to some extent. Lisa went on to the Peace Corps in Senegal, where she’s been creating a women’s community garden. Allison has been recently accepted into a Masters program in Public Health at The University of Maryland. Allison says her internship on the farm opened her eyes to the power of making big change by growing local food in your community.

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