The Garden

So Summer is coming to a close and our garden has been awesome this year. Rachel absolutely loves having a garden as you all know. This year our garden actually expanded into Rachel's mom's yard and we were able to grow more squash which was in short supply last year. We grew these cool squash called Marina di Choggia that is the one above on the left. They are super cool looking and we are excited to eat them as fall is coming.

We have been having some issues this year however with produce being eaten before it is ready. We think we have identified the culprit and got some pictures the other day....

Yes, Zachary has been pilfering stuff long before it is ready to pick and eating it. The pictures above are of the 2nd pepper he picked and came in the house eating. In all three peppers have fallen victim. It is hard to get mad at him cause he loves the garden too. So he gets off kind of easy and mom and dad sit him down and talk to him about letting things GROW before we pick them.

This brings us to another new veggie in our garden this year: Mexican Sour Gherkins. I found these at Thanksgiving Point and told Rachel I would forego my Lemon Cucumbers this year to try these out. As you can see they are pretty small and they basically taste like a little (somewhat sour) cucumber. Zachary has taken a liking to them as well and has now cleared the entire plant bottom of anything resembling a gherkin. He also loves the TINY gherkins that are not ever close to being ready to pick. In fact, now he will not really eat the bigger gherkins, just the tiny ones.

Zachary out gherkin hunting...

Realizing he has been caught!

Showing off his food. He smelled like Gherkins he had eaten so many of them!

Anyhow, we are sad to see the garden season slowly coming to an end. Luckily we have been going to the Farmers Market and stocking up on the stuff we do not have enough of. Zachary just eats all of the corn samples he can get.......

-Daniel