The tomatoes have about petered out, the eggplant, peppers, and okra are coming on strong.

I took a serving of baba ganoush to my next door neighbor. She is the one who got me started eating fried okra, it seemed time to introduce her properly to eggplant. I included a piece of warmed pita bread and a drizzle of good olive oil and she loved it. It's a start, considering they've always been shy of it!

She brought some pesto over the other day when I gave her some okra - commenting that she hadn't bought much basil this time so it was a small batch. I suggested we step over to my garden for a moment and pointed out that I grow basil by the bushel and that she shouldn't consider buying it any more when she can grab a handful here and it will never be missed. I really do love these little exchanges through the neighborhood - building bonds with food and our gardens. It's an elemental form of communication!

SRS