Passion for the Garden

The time of year has finally arrived when farmer’s markets and roadside stands are bursting with the mid-summer’s harvest: corn on the cob, green beans, beets, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, blueberries, and so on. I have a neighbor with a stand that sits off the main road, with little signage other than a small sandwich board by the driveway. Yesterday I stopped to pick up a few items for dinner and as I walked up to the stand I realized that I was shopping at a stand that went beyond the functional requirements of retailing vegetables and flowers… it was a manifestation of a person’s love for working their land, growing food, and beautifying their town. Produce was laid in napkin-lined baskets, flower pots accompanied the stand on each side, pre-weighed packages were parsed and bagged impeccably. In fact my bundle of beets were bound by a simple, but thoughtful length of yellow yarn. 

My time spent shopping was short and to the point compared to the time spent photographing this stand from a variety of perspectives. Oh, and by the way, the veggies were fabulous.