A taste of my first harvest

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At the onset of spring, my older daughter and I went to the plant barn to buy seeds of various vegetables like rocket and parsley. We also bought some seedlings of tomatoes and capsicum. We were lucky one Sunday morning to be able to buy Chinese chives with roots. All of these I planted in a mixed-use little garden for veggies and flowers. I planted seeds of sunflowers and they are now 2 feet in height and anytime these days the buds will soon sprout into flowers. I supported them with long sticks so they won’t bend with the strong winds. Every morning I raise the ties up as they grow. The magnolias I planted already had their buds bloom into radiant flowers. A few days ago, I made the first harvest of the rocket veggies and my wife made them into salad for lunch today. We all enjoyed the crunchy and yummy rockets. Later this afternoon I will be harvesting more leaves of the rockets and keep them in the refrigerator. Soon the tomatoes will come next for harvest as there are already a number of them as well as the capsicum. In a week or two the Chinese chives will be ready for harvest too. The spring onions won’t be left far behind.