Garden Love

Our big garden continues to put fresh produce on our table every night (and we are able to preserve A TON for winter use...spaghetti sauce, salsa, jam, frozen veggies).  There is nothing better than a plate smothered in green beans (with a bit of bacon...cause bacon makes everything better), watermelon, and corn on the cob.  That is our favorite summer dinner.

This garden year has been a bit different though.  I have three kids who are able (not always willing) to help.  One of my favorite summer past-times is sitting in our garage, radio softly playing in the background, cutting up green beans, peas or shucking corn.  I trust the kids with scissors and knives and they are able to do the work.  It gives us a great opportunity to get work done and talk.  And they LOVE to talk.

I recently bought 90 ears of corn a few weeks ago (it was on sale for 10 ears for $1 - I can't grow it that cheap).  Because of the quantity, we enlisted a few neighborhood friends to help.  I cooked the corn and cut it up and put it in our freezer to eat during the winter.  Guess what we had for dinner that night?