Checking in on the backyard garden

Elisa in the corn

inspecting for bugs

its all good Mom

Joshua is loving the grape, olive, & Roma tomatoes...he and I are going to be fighting over them soon! Yum! At least he knows to not pick until he finds a red one!

Joshua by the sandbox (w/ its newly done canopy & covers by our amazing Daddy & Grandma Belz)


Caroline wanted her pic taken by the roses

the green beans are coming along

the cucumber plant is popping up!

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

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?

Another great harvest!

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

Caroline and Daddy!

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...

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!