garden

Just a few pictures to show what our garden is doing this year.  It's been very dry which we're not used to so I think it affects all the crops.  We've been getting some tomatoes the last 2-3 weeks and a few cucumbers but something killed off half of our cucumber plants early on.  I quick planted more seeds but those are behind now, only starting to get tiny cucumbers right now.  Nevertheless, it is so nice to get some fresh cucumbers and tomatoes to go with our lunch or dinner and the kids love them.  Well, Kade will not eat fresh tomatoes but he loves cucumbers so at least something.  Kason and Anika will eat just about any vegetables which makes me really happy because I wasn't like that as a kid.  They especially love any kind of bell peppers and pickles, and just eat them plain as a snack.  I am very happy about this year's bell peppers because they seem to be coming along great.  This is like the 3rd year I planted some and each year we didn't even get one good pepper so I can't wait to try some this year. One thing I'm not sure about is how do I know if the pepper is supposed to be dark green, light green or orange.  Some of them are light green right now but if they are the orange kind they should turn color later on.  Of course I mixed up the plants and didn't mark them well so now I have no idea which ones they are.  Oh well, at least they are producing.  Maybe they like the heat more than the tomatoes.

So here are a few pictures my dad has been asking for.  It's nothing great, but it's ok.  One day when the lawn is done and we decide on a good spot for a garden we'll make it bigger but for me this small scale gardening works because I don't have to take care of it too much. :)  There are no pictures of cucumbers because if we get 1 or 2, we eat them right away. :)