The harvests are over

This is how we all feel now that Pappy's garden is done producing. Pappy had a wonderful garden!! 2 rows of corn; 3 rows of red, baby potatoes; red, green & yellow bell peppers (and the red and green peppers were outrageously delicious!); baby carrots; red onions; beets; cauliflower; broccoli (the last bit went to flowering); cucumbers; watermelon; cantaloupe; 2 zucchini plants that took over the whole earth(!); and rows and rows of tomatoes. Pappy also planted pumpkins which we still have to pick, but we're waiting to pick those until the last minute!

These pictures were from our very first harvest. The tomatoes were so delicious - they actually tasted like tomatoes, instead of grocery store imitations.

The corn was sweet, sweet, sweet! While I shucked the corn, Becca & Mary-Gail practiced drawing their circles and snail-spirals.

Red beets - tasted just like dirt.

August 17, 2010

Becca & Mary-Gail & I made bi-weekly trips to harvest the tomatoes (their bounty was endless!) and to water Pappy's grass, flowers & gardens. I stocked Pappy's freezer with Popsicles, and between the Popsicles and pretending to jump on the "Pirate Ship" in preparation for our family trip on the "Big Boat," Becca & Mary-Gail were in heaven!

Gimme those red lips, Becca!

Whoa! Sometimes even still pictures can capture sound. I swear these pictures do just that

(Strawberries in the foreground)

This "Pirate Ship" (or a "trailer" as you and I would call it) provided hours of entertainment for Becca & Mary-Gail. I love my little girls' imaginations

More leaping and jumping. Cantaloupe, pumpkin, and summer squash in the background

Back row: Corn, potatoes, onions, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, beets, tomatoes

Front row: zucchini, cucumber, & waermelon

The growing baby red potatoes! Becca & Mary-Gail helped Pappy plant the seeds, and their eyes were full of amazement when they saw the end result! I harvested one row of potatoes (the far left "dirt row") and there were two more rows to harvest.

Yup, so we're all sad now that the zucchini loaves have been devoured, the fresh corn eaten, the potatoes stored for the next potato bar, the green & red peppers have been sliced and cooked with fajitas, and the cucumbers have been picked and pickled (THANK YOU AUNT CAROL!). Pappy's garden treated just more that our family - we brought the bounty to work for our co-workers, and shared through out the neighborhood. Gardens bring people together, and I think that's what I'm most sad about. Thanks Pappy for planting and nourishing such a rich garden, and for brining back the memories of us kids helping to harvest Grandpa's ginormous garden in Springville. xoxoxoxo