Holly Richardson: Zucchini, weeds and a new normal

This morning, I spent two and a half hours in the garden, mostly pulling the very overgrown weeds but also harvesting zucchini and tomatoes. I now have 18 good-sized zucchini on my counter from this morning’s pickings, added to the dozen picked three days ago and the gigantic ones we fed to the chickens.It struck me that this is normal. Like pre-pandemic normal. Zucchini and weeds growing prolifically is just ... normal. And I was grateful.I also started to think about the “new norma