Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Vegetable Garden

We planted a small veggie garden in the back yard. We have tons of space back there, but I've only had the energy/imagination to plant a small corner of it.

Yet we are already getting a bounty!

The first harvest was a pile of fava beans and a couple handfuls of sugar snap peas:


The next day a few zucchini were ready.  Erin got to pick the first one:


Which she then eagerly sliced up.  I cooked it up in some oil and a dash of salt.



You know how they're always saying to encourage kids to try new foods by letting them be a part of it?  Well, Erin planted, watered, harvested, and chopped (with a grown-up knife).  Did she take a taste?  Absolutely not.  Good thing we have all summer.

Robin wanted to show off the one she harvested:


Still coming along: lettuces, tomatoes, peppers, garlic.  I think it's time to plant some more too!

2 comments:

Christie said...

Dang it. I thought there was going to be a happy kid-eating-vegetables story. Keep us posted as your summer progresses. We have yet to do our planting. Whoops. Perhaps that'll be a project for tomorrow.

Abcdpdx said...

#Californiasmug/#Juneuarysucks