Garden Veggies

Here's a photo of the kids holding some of our garden produce. We're now getting some ripe tomatoes, zucchini, and carrots. My spinach never did well. Unfortunately I had to pull all the sugar snap peas, sweet peas, and morning glories out as they had powdery mildew. By the time I realized what it was, it was too late :( We did get some good lettuce, but it's getting tough at this point. I was pulling the entire head out to eat until Julie informed me that you just clip leaves off to eat and the plant will continue to produce more. Hmmm...good thing I've got someone next door to tell me these things! I've also discovered Elsie likes to squirt the little tomatoes rather than eat them. She squirt herself in the eyes tonight and screamed until I washed them out. :)

This past weekend was spent planting a variety of shrubs and trees in our yard. The guys planted over 40 shrubs in two days which included 17 potentillas out in the area by the road. We finally got rid of the dandelions! I'll have to take and post some new photos of our yard and garden soon before it all starts to die.

Let me know if you want tomatoes, they will be coming out of our ears next week about the time the baby arrives!