The Ugly Fruit
If you’ve had the experience of growing anything from seed, you know that the biggest celebration comes in the middle of the process. You rejoice in the sprouting, and grieve in the ending, but the middle is the money. It is the time where the fruit makes its glorious arrival. The time when the work you’ve done has paid off, and now the harvest begins. The first-fruits. The time when that sweet, red, tomato makes its presence known. When the snap peas are plump and crisp. Wh