BBQ!

Hello folks, Tricia here.

We recently had a wonderful BBQ at the garden. We began, a wayward and cautious group of people. We were a mixture of old and new gardeners and we were worried about rain. We were in luck, however, and old and new blended well and rain was fended off. I'll provide a "hoe-by-hoe" of the whole experience, now:

We gathered and Mike Cameron, gardener extraordinaire, decided sausages were in order. He left to purchase them with Sarah and Josh. Meredith, Tricia and Chloe remained behind to prepare a salad. Chloe insisted on using the cucumbers growing in our humble garden, since we saw so many about to fill out. We clipped the cucumbers, tore the spinach and pulled the chives. We then got down to the business of piling it into a bowl provided by Father Keoghan. We held off on the delicious can of chickpeas, because of an unfortunate allergy held by one in the group. They were, however, enjoyed later with pita.

Mike, Sarah and Josh returned and BBQed on the BBQ provided by, again, Father Keoghan. Chloe and Tricia played on the lawn and attempted several balancing games. Meredith took photos and laughed a plenty.

The sausages and veggie burgers were done! We ate them, along with the salad! It was delicious.

The boys washed the dishes with the soap and sink provided by, alas alack, Father Keoghan. . . Chloe, Sarah, Tricia left to pursue wetter pastures, at the Queen's Square pool. It was, however, closed, and so they were reunited with Mike [who provided them with much cause for laughter in his shorts and with a ride to the lake].

And thus ends the story of the BBQ. It's got a moral, though. In fact, it's got two morals. One: Veggies taste better when you grow them yourself. It may just be the pride you get to feel that they were a result of your labour. They may, however, also just genuinely taste better. No matter the reason they taste better, the point is that they do and that eating locally is a wonderful thing. The second moral: Father K is a wonderful man who has provided us with much support [and BBQing materials] for this garden.