Well, it has been weeks since I posted and summer is nearly over. School started this week so life for most people will get back to a normal routine. (Whatever that is!) The garden has been keeping me busy and I have a few pictures to show you whats up in that department. I don't have a picture of the cabbage as they are all in the crock downstairs turning into sauerkraut. I think we got about 5 gallons this year. It will be ready to freeze in another day or two. I have made about 20 quarts of pickles so far and some hot dilly beans. There are some beans in the freezer and we have eaten a bunch. The corn is good and sweet and we eat it nearly every night. Now it is time to pick the rest and get it in the freezer. I picked peppers this morning and will probably pickle most of them. Usually make some salsa but the tomatoes are very slow this year. We have only picked a couple of handsful of tomatoes. Gary is pretty proud of his black diamond watermelon patch so I am including a picture of that too. Onions, potatoes, squash, carrots and cantaloup are all doing well also. It's a lot of work but sure enjoy the fresh flavors when the snow flys.
Black Diamond Watermelons (YUMMY!!!!)
Jalapeno garlic dill pickles and dilly beans (also with a hot chili pepper in them).
First picking of jalapeno peppers. We only have 5 plants total and there are still lots of little ones I will let grow for another week or so.
This is the extent of our first grape harvest but the vines are doing well and if they survive the winter I am sure we will have a much bigger crop next year.At the beginning of the month we helped Kris and Scott build a shed in their backyard. The guys worked hard for 12 hours but got everything except the trim, shingles and painting done.
All of these pictures were taken with the camera on my phone so aren't of the best quality but shows you what took place on that Saturday. Kara and Jaret helped move all the stuff from the garage into the shed so now Krista can finally park her new car in the garage.Maybe I will find time later this week to post some new pics of all the grandkids. Joc pretty well keeps everyone updated on Brooklyn so I need to get some pics of the other grandkids posted again.
Hope everyone enjoys what is left of the summer.
