Verdant: a polite way of saying that something is overgrown.
Our garden is very verdant these days. Our blackberry vine and tomatoes are officially taller than I and the squash vines are now trailing 10 feet over the raised bed out into our lawn. We have tomato plants leaning on dill which is growing over garlic. We have squash shading thyme and basil and melon. We have cucumber vines growing up tomato cages.
Verdant. I love it. Contending with weeds is not a problem because there is simply no room for them. And, after two seasons of failed gardens, we are enjoying the bounty. We have already eated four squash, one cucumber, and two tomatoes, as well as many blackberries. We are happy to report that the heirloom squash are very tasty, with a mild sweetness and very small seeds. The heirloom tomatoes were more acidic than we expected, and the Thai cucumber was great, very mild and sweet.
Happy summertime to you!
