I love this time of year - when our garden is in its full glory. Actually, when I say our garden, I really should correct myself and say "John's Garden". He is the one who does 98% of the work. But to him it's not work. He is in his element when he is gardening. Each year he tills it, preps it, plants it (much from seeds that he has grown in his home-made greenhouses), tends it, weeds it, harvests it, and yes ladies it's true, he bottles it, freezes it, makes it into fruit leathers, juices, jams, etc, etc. Last week he made his first batch (of the season) of salsa, and several batches of fruit leather. He also did his first of many batches of grape/pear juice.
What's it like having a husband that's so domisticated, you ask? I'll tell you - it's sweet!
John is growing 6 different varieties of grapes, so we end up with several different colors of delicious grape juice.
The peaches will be ready to harvest this weekend.
Nubby squash
Broccoli
Four varieties of tomatoes this year. In addition to his salsa, he makes a mean tomato juice.
Eggplant
Raspberries galore. The sweetest you've ever tasted!
Sweet Dumpling winter squash
No garden is complete without a few gigantic zucchini!
Fuji apples
Barlett pears
Our cat Tache hunting her prey in the corn stalks.
Basil. Glorious basil!
Blueberries
Swiss chard
Every garden needs a spider the size of your fist!
Our little harvester Adam who loves to roam through the raspberries and eat them as quickly as he can pick them (if his mommy doesn't eat them all first!).
Mmmm. Can't you just taste them?
It doesn't get much better than this!
