celebrate the harvest

the autumn is just around the corner, and this summer was a success in my garden. back in the spring jm & i planted 2 varieties of heirloom tomatoes (june pink and purple prudence), sungolds, lemon cucumber, baby eggplant, fordhook chard, potatoes that started sprouting in the cupboard, and some mint. along with all of this we also added oregano, and kait's multi-headed sunflower from slide ranch. perhaps thanks to the magic of the "worm juice" (worm compost run-off), they all grew and bloomed like a jungle, totally gorgeous and out of control, wild and thriving, full of life and power.


potatoes that began sprouting in jm's cupboard bore few cycles of delicious reds.


first few harvests of chard were large and leafy - then the garden got taken over by the overgrowth of tomatoes...!


very first harvest of sungolds and june pink.


more june pink and sungolds.


my first purple prudence.


bowlfull of sunsoaked goodness. made in my backyard, oakland.


the mama purple prudence.


the last - winter - harvest in november that amazed me.