When you don’t get out much, even eggplant is exciting

I have been in another garden.

Ordinarily declaring such an event so dramatically in mid-August wouldn’t be necessary because I would have toured several gardens. But a trip to Ball Horticultural’s display gardens in Illinois a couple weeks ago was notable because it was the farthest I’ve driven since February as well as being the first garden other than my own that I’ve stepped in all year.