Harvest Time

Have I mentioned that I am a farmer?  Because I am.  I come from a long line of farming blood and it comes out for me in our vegetable garden.  I get so excited about my garden!  This year my babies were the potatoes, sweet potatoes and pumpkins.  I was so careful to make sure they were watered daily (I know that seems like it shouldn't be that hard, but when you don't have a sprinkler system in that spot and do have a busy life, this is hard).  I pulled all those nasty weeds away from them.  I protected them from children's feet.  I prayed for them.  I talked to them.  I really did.

Last night we harvested our potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, watermelon and cantaloupe.  We also got one random beet and finished up our green beans and zucchini.  We left our pumpkins on the vine, hoping that more will turn orange, and our tomatoes are still going strong, as well.  As we dug up our potatoes and carrots, it felt like Christmas!  I was so excited!  The garden is a pretty amazing thing.  You plant a tiny little seed, or in the potato's case, I cut in thirds a little sprouted potato and plant it in the ground.  Give it water and protection (and some prayers and kind words) and then a few months later, dig it up to find dozens of little potatoes!  I mean, really!  Do we deserve such a wonderful gift?  Probably not, but it was so fun to find all those little friends under the ground.  I love our garden.  Isn't Heavenly Father so kind to let us grow stuff?  I'm thankful for the blessing of a garden.  

 Harvesting cantaloupe-I think we got seven.  And a couple of mini watermelons.

 Me, digging for potato treasure.

Playing with our food.

Grant and the twins helping me pick grapes.