These are just some of the vegetables that were harvested from my neighbor Jennifer's garden. Her garden was exploding with produce and she was going to be away in Europe with her children and unable to harvest any of it. In fact, her garden, although quite impressive, had become overwhelming to the point where she couldn't even go near it. As a fellow gardener, I could not stand to see all those beautiful, ripe vegetables going to waste so I gathered a small group of fellow gardeners and we headed around the block to her house to harvest what we could and clean up a few overgrown planting beds. We collected baskets and bags full of beautiful produce and donated it all to the outreach center at St. Patrick's church where it was immediately distributed to a very thankful and appreciative group of people. Jennifer planted way more than she and her family could eat and I'm certain that next year she will do it again. I can relate.
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