Taters!!

Me, Matt, Lilli, Katie, Cap'n and Josh all spent last Sunday morning digging potatoes and working in the garden in Canfield.  I've never dug potatoes before but I guarantee this was not the way my grandma did it.  Matt ran the tractor down the row and we pretty much just had to pick them up.  There were a lot of them but it was a lot of fun.

And this is what happens when you let a 14 month old play on the tractor that has a bucket full of potatoes.... You get to pick them up twice! :)

There were green beans that needed to be picked too

Plus lots of other veggies.  What do we do with them all?  We give lots away, eat them almost every night in as many ways as possible

Fried eggplant and squash and zucchini "strings" were delish! 

Plus I've been busy putting away.  One bucket of potatoes was peeled, blanched and frozen

I've got pickled banana peppers and cucumbers

And almost always have fresh salsa. 

No picture but Hailey also gave me a recipe for easy spaghetti sauce from fresh tomatoes and I don't know if I can go back.  Even Matt liked it and he's not usually big on red sauces.  The garden is one of the many reasons I love summer! And Matt is on his way home with more buckets full.  I know what I'll be doing next week. :)