The perfect season

This has been the perfect season for a winter garden. Twice a week the zucchini are ready to be picked, and broccoli is every other day with secondary growth starting  to mature on the ones we first picked. Tomatoes have been less speedy to ripen, probably because they like warmer weather to really get their metabolism going. We do have several ripe early girl tomatoes, but discovered that they are rock hard compared to summer season fruit - something we never anticipated. Flavor is strongly acidic and not as sweet but they are nearly as hard as a ripe apple. Still, a wonderful addition to dinner.