We've got CUCUMBERS!!! Time to PICKLE!!!!

Caroline's version of pickling...just stuff the cucumbers in the jar!

What she was doing was intriguing her brothers

It's starting to look like we've got pickles! Yum!!!!

Here are our cucumbers cut into spears

Thankfully Joshua was able to entertain himself with the kitchen gadgets while I made pickles

He rather enjoyed himself
(it was a rare treat that I allowed him to be in this drawer, but sometimes its just worth it!)

Time to fill the jars- they smelled yum!

HOMEMADE Dill pickles!

And we have pickles! Good for up to 3 months...if they last that long :)
BTW- we've since eaten 2 of the 3 jars

Some of the veggies we've been picking

Some of the Gigantic cucumbers

Grandma told me about ripening tomatoes in a sunny window- its working!
(I've been picking them a bit early so I beat the bugs)

The Garden Is Growing Like Crazy

Caroline, Caleb, & Mom showing a HUGE cucumber...its practically too big to use for making pickles, which is what we are really wanting to do, we're learning.

You can't really tell from this pic, but these cucumbers are out of control...we've got 4 mounds of them and so far we've harvested 18 cucumbers!

Dad realized today that we desperately need to thin out all the carrots! We've been overlooking this task until now- there's just been so much to do

This process took awhile...but good thing Dad has helpers

Got Carrots???

We had a ton of carrot thinnings (baby carrots) so we all had large servings of them for dinner tonight...Caroline seemed to especially enjoy them! We're thrilled for our kids and the experience they are getting through gardening. It helps them be more open to eating their veggies and that's a huge plus!!!

Our first giant sunflower head opened this past week! They are taller than we are!

Some progress pictures

The corn is doing awesome
Now we just have to work on keeping the animals away- we've heard raccoons enjoy corn

Its almost time to start getting garden fresh green beans! Yum!

3 large mounds of pickling cucumbers

Grapes are growing in the common area- can't wait to taste them! Joshua has already been after some samples.