• Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – Beans, Peas, and Tomatoes….Oh My!

    Purple Beans, Green Beans, Snow Peas, Red Cherry Tomatoes, and Orange Cherry Tomatoes

    The garden is starting to take off and we are getting more of a variety of color as well as veggies.  It is so nice having fresh garden produce in the fridge again!  I saw more colors popping out this week too.  Our family was able to pick purple beans, green beans, orange cherry tomatoes, red cherry tomatoes and snow peas.  There’s nothing like eating a vegetable just picked moments before from the garden.  It has been great having these for snacks and meals.  I am hoping to see a lot more produce ready to be eaten in the next few weeks!a

    While we are out of town the people watching the house and animals gets to pick what they need / want from the garden.  Hopefully they’ll be able to get a lot of great food for their family too.  It is my prayer that our garden will not only be a delicious treat for our family but a blessing to others as well.

    What are you eating out of your garden this week?

  • Fresh & Healthy: Community Supported Agriculture (Week 19 & 20)

    I took a couple weeks off because I didn’t have a chance to snap a picture before eating the goodies.  It is week nineteen and twenty receiving fresh produce from our CSA!  This is our last week of our summer CSA Harvest schedule.   The Fall Harvest begins the first week in October so there will be only one week in between.  Our family has been enjoying a half of share of  fresh produce, local honey, eggs and more from a local farm.

    Week 19 & 20 of Fresh Goodies from our CSA!

    Fresh Goodies from our Local CSA Farm!

    Items in our Basket this Week:

    • 1 bundle White Radishes
    • 1 bundle Pink Radishes
    • 1 bundle Bok Choy
    • 1 bundle Leafy Greens
    • 1 Acorn Squash
    • 5 Pears
    • 4 Sweet Potatoes
    • 3 Red Tomatoes
    • 1 Green Tomato
    • 5 Summer Squash
    • Handful of Spicy Red & Green Chili Peppers
    • 1 Dozen Fresh Eggs

    I am looking forward to eating these goodies this week!  Anyone have a great recipes for Radishes?  Thanks everyone for the delicious Recipes, keep them coming!!!  The CSA’s are gearing up to do their Fall Harvest soon, if you want to get involved this is a great time to contact them.  Fall Harvest starts the first week in October and runs 10 weeks.

    To find out how you can be a part of a local CSA check out this post – Fresh & Healthy:  Community Supported Farms

  • Fresh & Healthy: Community Supported Agriculture (Week 9)

    It is our ninth week receiving fresh produce from our CSA!  Our family purchased a half of share and will be receiving fresh produce, local honey, eggs and more for 20 weeks.   Jake picked up the fresh veggies this week, it was nice to get our basket this week after being away for a little bit.

    Week 9 of Fresh Goodies from our CSA!

    Fresh goodies from our farm!

    Items in our Basket this Week:

    • 1 bag Red Potatoes
    • 2 Green / Yellow Squash
    • 1/2 bag Red Okra
    • 1/2 bag Green Okra
    • 1 bag Green Beans
    • 2 cucumbers
    • 1 Tomato
    • Dozen Fresh Eggs

    I am looking forward to eating these goodies this week!  Thanks everyone for the delicious Recipes!!!

    To find out how you can be a part of a local CSA check out this post – Fresh & Healthy:  Community Supported Farms

  • Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – Green Beans, Summer Squash, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Purple Beans, and a variety of Tomatoes!

    We are loving the fresh vegetables from our garden!  This week I only have one picture from the garden because we were traveling for part of the week.  The good news is we were able to take some of our goodies from the garden to share with family along the way and we came back to some more fresh ones ready to be picked.  Also, while we are gone my brother and his family get to pick any of the produce that is ready for themselves or to give away so I didn’t get pictures of the items they picked while we were out of town.

    Here are some of the fresh veggies we were able to eat and share this week:

    Fresh Garden Vegetables!

    We were able to pick this all in one day fresh from the garden.  Fresh Summer Squash, Green Beans, Cucumbers, Cherry Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, Whole Size Tomatoes, Big Yellow / Orange Tomatoes, Fresh Leafy Green Lettuce, Purple Beans, Banana Peppers, Green Pepper,  (some are not pictured because they were given away prior to the picture being taken).   We were able to share some of the veggies this week with family and friends!  Thankful for a garden that we can share!

    What are you eating out of your garden this week?

  • Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – Zucchini, Green Beans, Squash, Lettuce, Cucumber, Strawberries, Purple Beans, and Tomatoes!

    We are loving the fresh vegetables from our garden!  This week I only took one picture from the garden because we were traveling.  The good news is we were able to take some of our goodies from the garden to share with family along the way.  Also, while we are gone my brother and his family get to pick any of the produce that is ready for themselves or to give away so I didn’t get pictures of the items they picked while we were out of town.

    Here are some of the fresh veggies we were able to eat and share this week:

    Fresh Garden Produce!

    We were able to pick this all in one day fresh from the garden.  Fresh Zucchini, Green Beans, Summer Squash, Cucumber, Cherry Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, Whole Size Tomatoes, Fresh Leafy Green Lettuce, Purple Beans, a handful of Strawberries that made it in the picture and a Banana Pepper (not pictured because it was ate by the kiddos).  Some of these items we delivered to a good friend since we were traveling and we wanted to make sure they were eaten while they were still fresh.

    We were able to share some of the veggies this week with family and friends!  Thankful for a garden that we can share!

    What are you eating out of your garden this week?

  • Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – Leafy Lettuce, Zucchini, Summer Squash, Purple Beans, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Green Beans, Cabbage, and Cauliflower!!

    We are loving the fresh vegetables from our garden!  This week I did a little  better at taking pictures of the items our family picked.  Although I must say the strawberries didn’t get in most of the pictures, they were ate immediately after washing.   We were able to give some of the garden produce to friends and family this week so it is nice that the garden is producing extra to share with others.

    Here are some of the fresh veggies we were able to eat and share this week:

     

    Produce from the garden!

    We hadn’t been out in several days because of unexpected emergencies with friends and a busy week so we got quite a bit in this batch.  We had a whole bunch full of green beans and purple beans, 2 heads of cabbage, 2 heads of cauliflower, lots of cherry and roma tomatoes, leafy green lettuce, purple leaf lettuce, cucumbers and strawberries!

     

    Giant Zucchini and Summer Squash from the garden!

    The girls were VERY excited to pick these, as they called them, GIANT Vegetables!  We are hoping to get a couple more later in the week!

    What are you eating out of your garden this week?

  • Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – Leafy Lettuce, Zucchini, Summer Squash, Purple Beans, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Green Beans, and Snow Peas!

    We are loving the fresh vegetables from our garden!  This week I did better at taking pictures of the items our family picked.  We were traveling for a few day.  Hopefully my brother who was watching the house was able to get a few items out of the garden to use for their family.

    Here are some of the fresh veggies we were able to eat and share this week:

     

    Fresh from the Garden - Leafy Lettuce, Zucchini, Summer Squash, Cherry and Roma Tomatoes, Strawberries, Green Beans, and Purple Beans.

    We got two more big bags of leafy lettuce before we had to pull the stocks because they were flowering.  The zucchini and summer squash are starting to picking.  We’ve been getting a few strawberries and a couple handfuls of cherry tomatoes more regularly now.  We have both green and purple beans producing now in the garden.

     

    Big Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Purple Beans, Summer Squash, Leafy Green Lettuce, Snow Peas, Strawberry and Green Beans from the Garden

    The snow peas have been amazing and delicious to eat fresh for snacks and in baking, however, they are pretty much done producing.  The lettuce is slowing down too but we hope to get a few more salads in before it completely wraps up for the season.  On a more positive note the tomatoes, beans, and squash are still going pretty strong despite all the storms.

    We were able to share some of the veggies this week with family, friends and people at our church.  During the summer months our church does a “Corner Harvest” where people can share fresh produce from their garden.  It is neat to see what other families are growing and share our produce.

    What are you eating out of your garden this week?

  • Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – A Variety of Fresh Leafy Lettuce, Summer Squash, Cherry Tomatoes, Snow Peas, Pepper, Spinach, Zucchini, & More…Oh My!

    We are loving the fresh vegetables from our garden!

    Here are some of the fresh veggies we were able to eat and share this week:

    Our very first picks of Fresh Snow Peas, Cherry Tomato, Summer Squash and Banana Pepper! Even though it is only a handful of items (including our first tomato of the summer, ha) hopefully we'll have some more coming soon and throughout the rest of summer.

     

    Fresh Garden Vegetables - at least 5 Varieties of Leafy Lettuce, Summer Squash, Zucchini, another Cherry Tomato, Snow Peas, Spinach, Sweet Basil (bagged), and Dill (bagged)!

    What are you eating out of your garden this week?

  • Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – Fresh Lettuce, Spinach, Dill, Broccoli, Radishes….Oh MY!

    We are enjoying our garden!

    Here are some of the fresh veggies we were able to eat and share this week:

    Fresh Leafy Garden Lettuce and Spinach, first pick of the week!

     

    Fresh Garden Dill

     

    Fresh Garden Broccoli and Radishes

     

    Another day of picking fresh veggies in the garden. Sink full of fresh garden Veggies - Lettuce, Spinach, Radishes, Broccoli!

     

    Another batch of Fresh Vegetables from our Garden! Love eating fresh salads!

     

    And MORE Coming Soon…..

    3 Baby Summer Squash Growing on one of the plants in the Garden!

     

    Beautiful Flowers Blooming on the Beans! We will miss the pretty flowers but are looking forward to the yummy beans!

     

    Two Big Tomatoes begging for the sun to shine this week so they can ripen!

    Hopefully next week you’ll see the ripened version of some of the produce.

    Looking forward to seeing what we’ll be picking from the garden in the next few days to eat and share!