When summer 2010 began, Ken was determined to have a garden. In spite of a late start, he decided to take his chances and planted corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, tomatoes, potatoes and onions. Plus, he was hopeful our fruit trees and the strawberries he'd planted the year before would have a good crop. Kevin and I weren't very hopeful and gave a few sighs while we tried to patiently help him plant.
Surprisingly, the strawberries took off! We had several shortcake desserts and made several batches of freezer jam. Unfortunately, our fruit trees didn't fare so well. A late freeze hit our area. In fact, we didn't think we'd have any fruit at all. 
As it turned out, we didn't have many peaches, but what we had were HUGE! And when we finally stripped the tree, I had enough for one batch of jam and seven pretty bottles of peaches!
We laughed as we watched the corn. The old saying, knee high by the 4th of July, definitely didn't apply to our corn which was only a few inches high at that date. I didn't think we'd ever see a single kernel of corn, but not so. We actually harvested several dozen great tasting ears - but they were tiny!
When all was said and done, we had zucchini piled everywhere. (No surprise there!) Plus a small bowl of tomatoes and one basketball-sized Atlantic Giant pumpkin (and a few no larger than golf balls). :-) I guess our biggest surprise was the onions and potatoes. When Kevin was helping Ken plant the potatoes, he asked how we could possibly grow enough potatoes to eat any from the three seed potatoes they were planting. Well, yesterday we harvested about 75 pounds of potatoes! And the onions, which our grandkids have
loved pulling up when they were visiting for dinner, made a small pile as well. We'll be enjoying those for many days to come!
So, thanks for all your hard work, Ken!
Surprisingly, the strawberries took off! We had several shortcake desserts and made several batches of freezer jam. Unfortunately, our fruit trees didn't fare so well. A late freeze hit our area. In fact, we didn't think we'd have any fruit at all. 
As it turned out, we didn't have many peaches, but what we had were HUGE! And when we finally stripped the tree, I had enough for one batch of jam and seven pretty bottles of peaches!
We laughed as we watched the corn. The old saying, knee high by the 4th of July, definitely didn't apply to our corn which was only a few inches high at that date. I didn't think we'd ever see a single kernel of corn, but not so. We actually harvested several dozen great tasting ears - but they were tiny!When all was said and done, we had zucchini piled everywhere. (No surprise there!) Plus a small bowl of tomatoes and one basketball-sized Atlantic Giant pumpkin (and a few no larger than golf balls). :-) I guess our biggest surprise was the onions and potatoes. When Kevin was helping Ken plant the potatoes, he asked how we could possibly grow enough potatoes to eat any from the three seed potatoes they were planting. Well, yesterday we harvested about 75 pounds of potatoes! And the onions, which our grandkids have
loved pulling up when they were visiting for dinner, made a small pile as well. We'll be enjoying those for many days to come!
So, thanks for all your hard work, Ken!
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2 comments:
Terrrrrrrrrrific! I didn't know you planted so much. Congratulation! If it doesn't freeze we'll have some pear tomatoes. We've had green beans. To bad you don't live closer. We could have a soup together.
I hate the planting and the harvesting but oh how I love the eating!
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