The farmers' market on Saturday morning in Frederick is one of two or three I visit each week because lettuce, cherries, and squash blossoms picked and bought on Saturday must be eaten soon.
Letting 
them languish beyond 48 hours seems disrespectful, and it also means that I return to these pleasant markets to enjoy the company of fascinating people on the hunt for blueberries ($3.75 a pint this week, but they are organic), shelled peas ($6 a quart, enough for peas at every meal for three days) and the live herb plants I like to bring home to tuck into the odd bare spot in the numerous pots on the back porch, the only place in the garden with enough sunlight for herbs, the rest of the garden being in shade.
I observe that farmers are handsome people. Notice this the next time you are among them. They radiate health, or at least the effects on their lives of hard work, long hours, but a close relation to the earth.
The slugs have life on easy street. They might look a little different if they were slugging it out for a quick bite in the wild.
Posted by: Tech Writer | July 07, 2009 at 01:08 PM
Hmmm, so, shouldn't the numerous slugs in my garden this year look a little better? Maybe they are handsome to other slugs.
They are even eating my daylilies! nasty creatures!
Posted by: Kris | July 07, 2009 at 12:04 PM