Saturday, June 9, 2012

Garden stories

This year has brought us so many blessings in the garden department!  The rain and lower temperatures have made for a very happy gardener. 

All but one of our tomato plants have been volunteers this year, resulting in dozens of cherry tomatoes (I planted one plant that produces the big ones).  I cut them up and put them in my morning eggs, make salsa, etc.  I finally have enough at one time to try making pasta sauce.  It turned out well!

Lucy and I made homemade pizza last night with bell peppers from the garden.  Yummo!
And oddly, we have numerous volunteer pumpkin plants taking over the garden.  I finally picked the pumpkins and took the vines out--they were so invasive but pretty.  We got 2 full-sized pumpkins, and Lucy and her daddy carved one into a "June Jack-o-Lantern" yesterday. 
The flesh smells and tastes great--like a spaghetti squash.  We roasted the seeds for a snack. 

And lastly, we had our church directory pictures taken yesterday.  We will have our free 8x10 soon, but since we were all dressed up and fresh at 3pm on a Friday, we took a few pictures of us at home.  Don't you love our patriotic colors?





Next up, the Weise Family Reunion!

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