Enjoying the Corn...
Eric and his Dad placing the poles for the berries
A Days Harvest
Mary Harvesting One of Our Favorites, Lemon Cucumbers!
We have been enjoying our first real vegetable garden since we moved two years ago. We have eaten yummy things for the past several months and what fun the girls have harvesting...especially Elizabeth and Mary.
As you can see by the pictures, a few zucchini were missed and became giants. Oh well! The girls enjoyed carrying them around and weighing them for a total of 27 pounds...
We've had tomatoes coming out of our ears and recently froze over 40 cups to use during the "long winter" ahead (as the girls like to call it).
Pluots are our new favorite fruit from our orchard. I have to admit that I was not keen on Eric planting TWO of them. I'd never heard of them before, but Eric wanted to try them out. I was quite happy with the two plums and three apricots we had already. I have to say that I am eating humble pie right about now as they have quickly become my favorite fruit. We only had about 20 on the trees this year as this is the first producing year, but Eric was great about supplying me with a perfect one each day and boy what a treat. They are the perfect mix of sweet and tart, not at all soft and pithy. Just Heavenly!!!
We enjoyed 8 ears of corn to be exact from our two rows of corn and learned our lesson on planting pumpkins too early. They are pretty much over already and we have two months until October. Next year we'll wait until June 1 to plant the pumpkins.
We have stored up a large supply of butternut squash for the winter ahead, at least they will keep.
Anyway, we have enjoyed learning this season and look forward to changing a few things next spring. It has been a great experience for all of us, especially the kids though. It is so fun to see how much of dinner came from our own garden.
Just a quick note...my husband gets a lot of credit for all of his hard work in the prep stages. He layed the irrigation system for the hill (the area with the garden and the rows of berries), prepared the soil, and layed the drip system that kept it nicely watered. I feel so blessed to be married to Eric who loves this kind of thing!
Thanks Babe for all your hard work!
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