A Garden Update...
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Wow! I can't believe that we are being over run with squash. Everywhere you look our squash plants are loaded down. We were able to take a bushel to the market to sell, this morning. They are wanting our tomatoes when they start to ripen. Yippie! I'm excited about being able to sell some of our vegetables.
On our way home, we stopped off at The Briar Patch (scroll down) not far from our home. We picked a gallon of blueberries. Yeah, I know that doesn't seem like a lot. But I had to make sure, that I was going to have enough room in the freezer. I did, so we will be going back in the next few days. This was the first time, we had picked at this farm, so I was surprised at the size of the bushes here. In the past, I had always picked at a farm that had young bushes, which were about waist high. Today, the bushes we picked from were about 8 feet tall. Monkey and I stood under the limbs and picked, while my husband stood on a bucket and picked from the top. This was a lot of fun. We also picked some cucumbers, that I will be making into jelly. I'll be working on the jelly in the morning, so I'll post pictures and directions on my recipe blog when I am finished.
This evening my son attended VBS again at my brother's church. We have many friends at the church, that we feel comfortable leaving him. While we were out, I was a "woman on a mission." I was searching for a new canner for my Mother. Her all time trusty dinosaur died about 2 years ago. Actually, she needs the rubber seal for the lid. She bought the canner from Sears when I was about 2 years old. Believe it or NOT, it seems that Sears can not locate anyone who still makes these. Oh Well!
Here are some pictures of what our garden looks like now.
3 Pumpkin hills that have now turned into a patch...
This is our largest baby pumpkin...It's the green thing that looks like a watermelon. 
These are some of our grapes. I'm actually surprised at this year's out put. We've not had a lot in the past. This is just one of the vines.
This is some of the silk from the ears of corn. We planted Silver Queen - our favorite...
On our way home, we stopped off at The Briar Patch (scroll down) not far from our home. We picked a gallon of blueberries. Yeah, I know that doesn't seem like a lot. But I had to make sure, that I was going to have enough room in the freezer. I did, so we will be going back in the next few days. This was the first time, we had picked at this farm, so I was surprised at the size of the bushes here. In the past, I had always picked at a farm that had young bushes, which were about waist high. Today, the bushes we picked from were about 8 feet tall. Monkey and I stood under the limbs and picked, while my husband stood on a bucket and picked from the top. This was a lot of fun. We also picked some cucumbers, that I will be making into jelly. I'll be working on the jelly in the morning, so I'll post pictures and directions on my recipe blog when I am finished.
This evening my son attended VBS again at my brother's church. We have many friends at the church, that we feel comfortable leaving him. While we were out, I was a "woman on a mission." I was searching for a new canner for my Mother. Her all time trusty dinosaur died about 2 years ago. Actually, she needs the rubber seal for the lid. She bought the canner from Sears when I was about 2 years old. Believe it or NOT, it seems that Sears can not locate anyone who still makes these. Oh Well!
Here are some pictures of what our garden looks like now.
3 Pumpkin hills that have now turned into a patch...This is our largest baby pumpkin...It's the green thing that looks like a watermelon. 
These are some of our grapes. I'm actually surprised at this year's out put. We've not had a lot in the past. This is just one of the vines.This is some of the silk from the ears of corn. We planted Silver Queen - our favorite...
