This year was the first time we tried our hand at pumpkins.  We planted “small sugar” pie pumpkins.  I’m not too sure what happened, but I think we had a little thief come and nibble on them at night; we only got these 3 to maturity this year!   Pie pumpkins differ from standard “jack-o-lantern” pumpkins [...]

This Saturday we worked out in the garden as usual and the kids went through and picked all of the ripe vegetables ~ we had a big harvest!  The garden is really producing and we’re scrambling to use the vegetables and put up the rest. The round saucer squash are a French Heirloom Patty Pan [...]

Whether you grow your own berries, come across a great find at the local farm stand or there’s a sale at the grocery store, now is the time to buy up berries, because they’re in season.  But what do you do with so many berries and so little time?  Use whatever you can or want [...]

We actually dug this carrot up from our garden this past Monday evening.  My youngest son, Joseph said “look mom…it has an arm!!!”   My husband grabbed it, turned it and said, “That ain’t no arm, Joe.”   My three boys (husband included) all stood there and giggled.   Lexie, my oldest rolled her eyes and said, “uh, [...]

Carrots pulled from our garden last weekend. I have to admit, carrots have not been my friend in the recent past.  I planted them last Spring and last Fall to no avail!  I had pretty tops, but terrible bottoms…no good when it comes to carrots!  But being a strong-willed, stubborn woman, I decided that I [...]