garden

Our garden veggies have done pretty well, considering this is our first attempt at a garden, ever. As kids both Paul and I “had gardens”, but really, all the work was done by our parents… Besides eating. I remember eating lots of stuff we grew. :)  Anyway, one sad day, I looked outside just in time to see Matix picking all the tomatoes. Green, red, big, small, didn’t matter. I was frustrated, but they all ripened in our kitchen and tasted good despite their small size.

The other tomatoes that the adults have picked are perfect. They get to be about the size of baseballs and are tasty treats. We love them.

Then the beets. I decided I wanted to rip out the middle section of garden and start over with more cucumber and green beans and carrots after digging out an enormous any hill, and that meant, it was time to harvest the beets. We weren’t really sure if they were ready or not, but they were okay size and perfect for juicing.

After pulling these up, and what was left of our squash and watermelon plants, we replanted and they are all growing FAST. Hooray for naturally rich soil. 

The boys, of course wanted to try these weird new things.  They didn’t like them too much, but didn’t hate them either. They did love however that their mouths looked like they were bleeding. They thought that was very cool.