Now in case you're not properly impressed, let me remind you of what it looked like three months ago:
Hope no one's hungry. One green bean is not going to feed the masses, as in the story of the five fishes and two loaves, or two fishes and five loaves. Whichever.
Okay quick garden update. My family and I ate a MOUNTAIN of squash and zucchini over the summer. It was insane. If I left for a day they doubled in size. We just couldn't keep up. Everyone who came within five hundred yards of the house got saddled with squash and zucchini.
Zucchini/squash fritters became the favorite:
At the end of the summer I was left with a mountain of spaghetti squash. Thankfully, these can store for up to six months in a cool dark pantry. These are so versatile! My favorite and quickest recipe is to cut one in half, lengthways, plop it face down on a cookie sheet, bake at 385 for about 45 minutes, and then add fattening stuff. Butter/cheese, or butter/brown sugar. YUM!
But now that temps are starting to dip, it's time for the fall garden. The girls and I planted this bed on Sunday and it includes spinach, kale, cabbage, beets, radishes, peas (yes, why not try again?).
I planted a crop of kale and spinach two weeks ago, but they don't seem to be in a tearing rush to feed my family anytime soon:
This is otherwise known as the big pumpkin FAIL. What the heck?
I have a bounty of late summer tomatoes, although that ripe one in the pic got ravaged by something:
Well folks - that's all. Here's another pic of my shed. I love it so much! Can't wait to paint it! Oh, and it still needs shaker shingles on the front, but guess what - I'm out of money. Again. Ha!
One final note - always take time after gardening to sit back and relax :-)
