What’s your favorite garden-fresh veggie?

From nostalgia to flavor, readers share why they love their favorite homegrown produce

Purple hull peas are my favorite for two reasons. The first is the taste, and the second is the memory of sitting on my grandmother’s front porch shelling the peas. My thumbs would be stained purple for weeks! Jennifer Cox DYER, TN I love a fresh carrot—washed with the garden hose and a little bit of dirt still on it! Teresa Heikes FERGUS FALLS, MN My granddaughter loves to pick sweet peas off the vine and eat them immediately. Kristen London MULDROW, OK I eat beans right off the vine! Purple, yellow and dragon tongue—some of which are hard to find in stores, so I grow them myself. fe Mary Anne Thygesen PORTLAND, OR Fresh asparagus is the best! We have a plot of it at our cabin in New Mexico, planted in the ’80s! It still provides…

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Birds & Blooms (Digital) - 1 Issue, August/September 2024

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