Harvesting

We planted our first "real" garden this year and have been having such a good time watching it grow and enjoying the harvest.

We planted:

Potatoes

Carrots

Tomatoes

Cayenne

Crook-neck squash

Lettuce

We have had several salads from our garden, many squash(too many if you ask Jason), oodles of tomatoes, bunches of cayenne, and potatoes and carrots.

We are about to plant some cucumber and pumpkin for our fall garden and next year we are doubling the size of the garden. I have a great time with it!

Our lovely carrots which were used to enhance our delicious roast this past Sunday. We also had a plethora of potatoes, I just didn't get a picture of them.

We planted tomatoes and Cayenne peppers this year for the precise reason of canning our own salsa. We have been harvesting tomatoes for a couple of months now, and will continue for at least another month. We have several containers of homemade salsa, and also made some homemade tomato sauce for our food storage. It really is pretty exciting to see all of it in the cabinet.

Another project I am undertaking.

Our Branch President and his wife gave us this patio furniture and we LOVE it. They are so very comfortable, but weren't very pretty. So, I decided to make it more attractive.

What do you think?

This has a glass top.

It is a set of 4 chairs and that table. I have not quite finished and will wait until the temperatures are more reasonable to get it done. We are currently under construction in the back(and the 100+ temps) so we don't spend a whole lot of time out there right now anyway.