Simple pleasures

Yesterday was a really crazy day, and by the time things settled down, late into the afternoon, it was just Jagger and me at home. He absolutely LOVES to go outside (side! side!), so I decided we would go out and pick a few tomatoes. Our tomato plants are always plentiful, and the only exception this year is that they are unruly and plentiful. They have outgrown the metal frames that we caged them in to keep them shapely and upright, yet we neglected to remove the cages. So now it's too late, and we have a jungle of caged tomatoes in our back yard (which makes picking a daunting task). So, after finding that most of the tomatoes were still green (phew, I can procrastinate that task for a few more days), we decided to take a peek at the rest of the garden. As our remaining family members trickled home, it turned into family harvesting the garden night. Just a few ears of corn and some potatoes are left. And the green tomatoes. I suppose now the real work of canning and freezing begins, but I am very excited about that part this year. I am going to puree and freeze most of my carrots and yellow squash to use in my newly discovered Deceptively Delicious recipes. I should have enough tomatoes to keep us in spaghetti, pizza, and salsa for the winter. Yay!!


Here is one of the girls planting magic beans!



How cute is my boy!? He's peering up over my belly :)


Got corn?