The Purity of Growing Your Own Veggies

Pure is the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge. I racked my brain and looked through older photos trying to find images that depicted “pure.”

Then I walked into my own backyard garden today and saw the baby veggies growing in the garden. Nothing says purity than planting your own veggies, watching them sprout and grow into mature, robust, healthy vegetables.

We planted two tomatoes, one grape tomato, a yellow squash and a zucchini squash. These plants love the warm Sacramento nights and many hot days.

Bonus One: I get to eat my own fresh, organic veggies.

Bonus Two: According to Weight Watchers (lost 23 lbs so far) most veggies have zero points.

Bonus Three?: Watch out…if you live close, you may find a bounty of these on your doorstep!

Photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy 5 phone.

What’s in your garden?

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Terri Webster Schrandt

Now retired, I am former university adjunct faculty, self-published author, and retired recreation and parks practitioner living in Eastern Washington State near the Idaho border. Second Wind Leisure Perspectives is my blog about living a leisure lifestyle that includes fitness, photography, and fun.

16 responses to “The Purity of Growing Your Own Veggies”

kerlund74

June 16, 2016

I agree with you on this, for example I think its fantastic to go out and pick up your own tomatoes, warmed by the sun.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  June 16, 2016
  
  Thank you, and doesn’t the food just taste better?
  
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  1. kerlund74
    
    June 16, 2016
    
    I think it does:-)
    
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Janet Sunderland

June 16, 2016

The squirrels love it when I plant food. We have three big and bearing hazelnut bushes which I watch carefully to see when the nuts ripen enough I can squeeze them out before the squirrels. From one day to the next, the bushes are bare. But I can manage cherry and grape tomatoes. They go after them but not with the same harvesting ferocity. And that’s what I get for having a no pesticides, no weed killer, a no chemicals nature friendly back yard. Lol.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  June 16, 2016
  
  I might have to fight off the squirrels too!
  
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Michele

June 16, 2016

I have a small garden too- grape tomatoes, regular tomatoes, green beans and zucchini. I love the freshness and convenience and that there are no chemicals!

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  June 16, 2016
  
  Hey Michele! I remember your promise of dropping off bushels of zucchini on my porch (if I lived closer) 🙂
  
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Hugh’s Views and News

June 17, 2016

My partner is also growing vegetables and fruit this year. However, our cool and wet British Summers usually mean they don’t do too well. Wish I was one of your neighbours so I could find one of those boxes on my doorstep, Terri.
Enjoy the fruits of your garden.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  June 17, 2016
  
  Thanks, Hugh, this will be my first garden experience in a few years. Might have to fight off the squirrels!
  
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Priceless Joy

June 17, 2016

Beautiful photos! I am growing yellow squash, zucchini, bell peppers, cilantro, and basil in my wine barrel gardens this year! Nice fresh homegrown vegetables!

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garym6059

June 17, 2016

I so miss having my own garden! Was going to try and plant one this year and then Indiana became a test site for a new line of ships from the Noah Ark Company for about two months!

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Debbie Woodruff

June 18, 2016

I need to plant a garden. Of course, I’ve been saying this for years. Still, the thought of picking fresh veggies and eating them right from my own garden sounds so good. Thanks for sharing at the Blogger’s Pit Stop.

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EverydayScribe

June 19, 2016

I have a container garden on my deck. It is relatively safe from squirrels, but the birds can be a bit of a problem sometimes. I have celery, onion, eggplant, kale, dill, cilantro, basil, and thyme growing.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  June 20, 2016
  
  that’s so cool! Those sound delish! One of my other plants is in one of those big half barrels.
  
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Karen

June 22, 2016

Wow! You may remember that I grow 55 different fruits and veggies in my yard, of which I derive 70 percent of my sustenance from. I also have five chickens which supply eggs daily. I love the garden; I am most creative after a day of soil toil. Thank you for sharing.

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