The harvest

I have always wanted to have a garden, but our yards have not been conducive to them for one reason or another. This summer we tried an experiment with one of our decorative landscaping areas in our backyard. The people who owned the house previously had wildflowers in it and I took that out right away. I have had various flowers in it over the past couple of years, but they did not do very well. So, I pretty much redid the whole area and turned it into a place to put a few veggies.

This spring we planted onions, cilantro, a pepper, and 3 tomato plants in there. I was hopeful, but cautious, as this didn't seem to be a very fruitful place. Boy was I wrong!!!!!

The onions were great, the cilantro was beautiful, and the tomatoes----

 

.........they are crazy!!!!! I'm pretty sure we have already picked almost 60 of them and as you can see, they are still loaded. Our tomato cages can't even stand up anymore, they are so heavy with fruit!!!!! The pepper is the only thing that didn't do so well, but it was kind of taken over. I've heard peppers are hard to grow, and this one didn't have real great odds with the overgrowth of the tomatoes.

We have given some away, made spaghetti sauce, and on Saturday Carson and I made salsa together. Carson and I like to cook together! I taught him how to chop up peppers and he helped me blanch and seed the tomatoes. We worked together for about 11/2 hours and had a great time.

I haven't been completely thrilled with the salsa recipe I have, but the spaghetti sauce is very good. I guess I will have to find some more uses for tomatoes as we still have a lot of tomatoes to use. Surely, a good problem to have!

 

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Are you ready for some football?

We are off and running with our fall schedule. One of the fall activities I love is flag football!!!!! I love watching the boys live out their passions. Carson especially gives it his all every single time he is on the field. He is fully engaged from the moment he steps on that field to the very last handshake with the opposing team. It's in his blood!!!!! Connor likes it too and does his very best from the beginning to the end.

On Tuesday they had a scrimmage against another team and they have their first official game on Saturday. Their team name is the Panthers. They play with kids from their school and in their classes so they are good friends. They have GREAT coaches this year that have pushed them to achieve and yet have fun too. I feel like they have already learned a lot.

Carson is the one with his arms up ready to catch the ball. It was a great catch!

Connor played center a lot. He seems to enjoy that position.

We are hoping for a "winning" season this year. I feel like we already have a great start in more ways than one!

 

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