Monday, May 26, 2008

The start of our new garden...at HOME!!!

Daddy made us some new garden boxes for our own backyard. We're planning to use the "square foot gardening method"


Some of our tomato plants
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Last of the harvest...


We have loved our garden, but are also relieved to be done making multiple trips out to it. For our final visit, we harvested all of our carrots along with several bags of tomatoes and peppers. Thank you God, for blessing our small efforts!


The carrot on the right inspired Ben to act like Pinocchio

Isn't it weird and warty?

Monday, September 10, 2007

Another great harvest!


Caleb with all that we brought home today from our garden visit....want some???

Caroline and Daddy!
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Ben found this LARGE cucumber in the garden today...we let it get too big!

The boys scouting out some green beans from what is left

We took home several bags full of veggies again today...we are nearing Fall, as you can probably tell from the picture. The corn, green beans, and sunflowers are on their way "out."
Today it was chilly out, only in the 50s and cloudy. The garden is coming to an end...

Ben and the kids locking up the gate...we wonder how many more times we'll be back before its all over...
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Monday, August 13, 2007

Harvesting an abundance


Caroline harvesting green beans! It is so great for the kids to see where our food comes from and how it grows!
Joshua loves to help water our crops...sometimes a little too much. Notice further down in some pictures that will follow that he doesn't have a shirt on...it got soaked!

Our little "helper"

Caroline holding some of the tomatoes we picked tonight!
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That's good looking corn! Or as Caleb would say, "its a honkin' one!"



















They are amazed that it "looks just like corn from the grocery store!"











Joshua got to pick one too! We each did and we took them home to eat with our dinner tonight!


















Kids excited about Green Beans! Wow!
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Caroline investigating which corn husk she'll pick

When we got home they all sat out back to get the corn ready to eat!

They each wanted to leave their "handles" on to eat with! This was some good sweet corn!

More of Mom's tomatoes! :)
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