The first grape tomatoes on the vine. These are so sweet and good. We just wipe the dirt off and eat them straight from the vine in the garden---they are yummy.
Our first watermelon. I think it is almost ready to pick and eat. We grew some last year, and they were so sweet and juicy.
There are about 6 pumpkins on the vine. They will start turning orange at the end of September and be ready for carving for Halloween.
Our one and only zucchini plant. Who needs more than one, right? However, for some reason the ants have decided they like the zucchini this year, so we just harvested our first two...
Just enough to make zucchini bread. I hope I get to it this week. If not, we will fry them and eat them--YUMMY!!!Here is a great recipe for zucchini bread if anyone would like to try it.
Zucchini Bread
1 c. oil
1 c. oil
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
3 t. vanilla
2 c. shredded raw zucchini
3 c. flour
1 t. soda
1 t. salt
3 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. baking powder
1/2 c. chopped nuts
Combine oil, sugar, and eggs in large mixer bowl. Beat well. Blend vanilla and zucchini. Sift dry ingredients together. Add to oil mixture and blend well. Add nuts.
Pour batter into 2 loaf pans, well greased and lightly floured. Bake at 350 degreees for about 1 hour. Let stand in pans for ten minutes, then turn out on racks to cool. Enjoy.
Have a terrific Tuesday!! Hope your garden's are growing, too!!
Have a terrific Tuesday!! Hope your garden's are growing, too!!
Be Nice to People,
Julie
12 comments:
Julie,
Your garden is looking great! I know it must be very gratifying knowing that YOU are growing these yourself! My dad has a garden and they live next door and have been sharing their bounty with us...we've had alot of squash and it's been so good! Next year, I hope to have a garden myself!
Enjoy!
Tammy
Enjoy all of those wonderful garden goodies, Julie! They're looking so good!
Have a happy day, my friend :)
I hope to have a garden next year! My boys and I would get a kick out of watching all the goodies grow. Seeing your pumpkin is getting me in the mood for FALL!!
Next year for sure I'm growing pumpkins:)
*Rondell*
1 zuchine huh? i looked EVERYWHERE and they were alllllll gone!! i have none :( I got lots of free squash this year (seeds from last year) Happy Eating!
YAY!!! That is fantastic Julie! The watermelon looks GREAT!!! I hope your garden keeps growing for you! :)
What a wonderful looking garden, Julie! The watermelon is going to be delicious and I've always wanted to plant pumpkins...how fun! I hope you are having a great week!
~Kelli
P.s. I saw your question about my camera. I have a Canon Power Shot SD 1000 Digital Elph 7.1 Mega Pixels
Thanks for sharing your garden! So cool, I love the watermelon, how perfect it looks!
I'm excited about the pumpkin sprouts we have and pray for actual pumpkins! I hope to try pumpkin etching, heard of that? You scratch a design, name or such into the pumpkin early while it's on the vine and it heals itself so you will have a brown healed design when you are ready to take it from the vine! I have to find the magazine I seen that in, never thought I'd be trying to grow pumpkins when I first seen it!
smiles,
Shayne Louree
Great garden! Oooh! I just harvested my first zucchini, and I need to go make some zucchini bread! I might try your recipe too! Yum!!
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Julie ~ no green thumb ~ it looks emerald green to me! Your garden is beautiful. I can't get over that little watermelon. Its gorgeous!
I am just so proud for you. We don't have a thing this year but I'm getting ready for next year and hope I am as blessed as you are!
Smiles,
Lea
Thanks a lot for the recipe, we are getting tons of huge zucchinis from our neighbor who grows tons of them. We just planted radishes in spring and haven't grown anything else since. We'll catch up next year, the veggie spot needs improving.
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