Look At Us Now!

For those of you who follow me, you might remember a post I did about a month ago showing the raised garden beds we started building last fall. Well, we have had a great growing season so far this year out on Canada's east coast so I thought I'd share with you how this year's crop was progressing.

After two straight days of rain in early June, everything exploded especially the tomatoes! Parts of the crop look like a tropical rain forest! We have green and yellow beans, beets, cucumbers, brussels sprouts, peppers, squash and garlic.

Penelope has been busy canning and, for the first time, tried pickling some green beans. Very happy to report that the result was fantastic! We also learned that a key to harvesting cucumbers is to pick them before they fully ripen. This technique keeps the plant producing and boy is that true! Penelope has jars and jars of bread 'n butter pickles now and tried her hand at some spicy relish too! The pantry is starting to fill up nicely so we should be good this winter!

Anyway, just wanted to bring y'all up to date on our little homesteading experiment. For those of you contemplating a move out to the country, it's a very rewarding experience. For us, we're witnessing up close just how abundant mother nature can be.

So I'm signing off for now. Malachi and Elijah say hello by the way!