Getting Buried In Produce - A Back to Eden Garden Update

Our Back to Eden garden is definitely keeping me busy, especially now that the tomatoes are coming in, literally, by the brown bag full. I know that seeing is believing and so I thought I would show a small timeline of photographs for you.

This first picture was taken on August 27th, about a week before Labor Day weekend. My husband's parents had come to visit us, so we had intentionally skipped a day of picking so that we could share the joy of harvesting with them. And what a harvest it was - the largest that we had picked to date. We picked cabbage, carrots, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, and two bowls of tomatoes.

 

 We continued to harvest throughout the following week, mostly cucumbers and tomatoes. By labor day, we needed to pick even more - butternut squash and sweet corn - in addition to the usual cucumbers and tomatoes. Two days later, the abundant harvest continued.

 

This past Wednesday, in addition to tomatoes and cucumbers, we picked carrots, green beans, and our first red and ripe watermelon. Oh, what a sweet and juicy treat the watermelon was! And, the harvest still continues. Each day, we pick at least one brown bag full of tomatoes, which I am now processing in two stock pots at least twice a week in an effort to keep up! For those on the fence regarding this type of gardening, I highly recommend it! As you can see, we have been truly blessed by God's provisions.