Summer is now over, the kids are back in school, the nights will be a little longer and a lot cooler, and that backyard garden will be ready for harvest. Being the product of immigrant grand-parents , who came to America just before the Great Depression, I have many a fond memory of picking fresh fruits and vegetables "out back" with Noni and Pa. Our yard consisted of two pear trees, an apple tree, a peach tree, grape vines, a strawberry patch, a hot box filled with herbs and spices and just about every vegetable that could with stand a New England summer. As anyone who has ever grown a back …