Vegetables

Image via Bread Artist Lexie Smith

When you have a garden or
a garden waiting for you outside,
you wouldn't want to do
anything else.
It's peace.
A sense of fullness.
It is that bliss that
makes the wind taste,
the clouds in the sky,
the slope of a hill,
a shower of rain.

Pia Pera

Book to read
Vegetables: A Biography or in Italian La favolosa storia delle verdure.
Thistles and artichokes, Jerusalem artichokes, cabbage, parsnips, carrots, peas, tomatoes, beans, pumpkins, peppers: when eating vegetables, the history of the world is swallowed up.

Place to visit
Rantan Farmhouse

Image via Rantan