Vegetable Transformations

B has just alerted me to the synchronicity of what I am about to post. On Tapestry right now (CBC Radio 2), they are doing a show about gardening as a window into the mysteries of creation (Back to the Garden podcast). A brief synopsis: Joni Mitchell says in Woodstock, we've got to get back to the garden ("...then can I walk beside you?"). Stephen Scharper, a professor of religious ethics and environmental studies at the University of Toronto, says the root of our urge to get back to the garden is a longing to choose life. Gardener Marjorie Harris refers to her garden as a cathedral.

...Another good quotation (just missed the source of it..): "The best place to find God is in the garden, you can dig for Him there."

Here are some little miracles I found in my garden today:

My curly-leafed parsley came up with doubled-up pointy tips and stayed that way for the first 4 weeks of its existence. I wondered how it would ever begin to resemble what I put in my tuna parsley tomato pasta. I was so excited to see its hilarious new growth today of little curly-topped toupés:



My beleaguered strawberry plant sprouted new hope today from amidst the remains of its stolen fruits..



Last and most exciting, I came out wondering if my wilting tomato flowers were a good or bad sign. I was soon ecstatic to see how good it was...



...a first tomato!