Have I mentioned that one of the best things about growing your own food is eating it? When I come home exhausted from teaching, I love going out into the yard with my toddler to look for dinner....tomatoes, zucchini, lettuce...I love the idea that I pick it, and that less than an hour later, we eat it! What a concept! The other day I made artichokes....Mmmmm. I've never been a huge artichoke fan - it always seems like so much work for not a lot of reward. But now, I get it. These were sooo tender and yummy and buttery. And the smaller ones didn't even have a choke. Wow. Definitely need to plant more artichokes.....