DAD HAS SOME GIGANTIC PRODUCE

DAD'S JUMBO SQUASH

DAD'S WATERMELON IS ALMOST READY

JUICY PEACHES (I BOUGHT THEM)

SWEET PLUMS

GOING TO TRY THIS GUY SOON

AMAZING

MY DAD'S GORGEOUS GLADS

MY LONELY SUNFLOWER

SPICY SALSA

PICKLED PEPPERS

THE BOUNTY OF LOVE

THE BOUNTY

MY THIRD MELON

USUALLY WHEN I CUT A MELON UP I NEVER GET ANY OF IT.

DAD'S GARDEN IS ABOUT DONE. HE HAD THE CORN AND SQUASH BRUSH-HOGGED.

BEAUTIFUL  ROMAS

YELLOW TOMOATOES

NEIGHBORS SUNFLOWERS TOWERING OVER THE FIELD CORN

DAD'S FLAG

A RAINBOW OF LOVE

FREEZING SWEET CORN

Freezing corn is pretty simple. 

1. Husk and hair corn

2. Blanch corn in boiling water for about 4 minutes.

3. Cool in ice water to stop the cooking process.

4. Dry on a towel

5. Cut corn off cob in a 9x13 Glass baking dish

6. Freeze corn in quart freezer bags.

APPROX. 7 FULL EARS = 1 QT. BAG

 PRESS OUT AS MUCH AIR AS POSSIBLE AND SEAL BAGS. SPREAD OUT CORN IN BAG AND FREEZE FLAT.

A LITTLE SALSA and MORE

BEAUTIFUL COLORS

EARLY PUMPKINS

SO MUCH ZUCCHINI, SHREDDED FOR THE WINTER. (MINESTRONE, BREAD, SOUPS AND CASSEROLE) YES EVEN YELLOW ZUCCHINI, THANKS DAD.

SALSA SIMMERING. I USED JALAPENOS & POBLANOS 

COOKING UP SOME YELLOW SUMMER SQUASH FOR CASSEROLE

I had a few tomatoes from my garden and my dads. He brought me a pile of produce yesterday. I decided to make some salsa even though I was missing cilantro and I was only going to get a little bit. Making salsa is one of my favorite things to can. My salsa is different every year. Last year I made peach salsa.

LATE SUMMER PICKIN'S

THIS WAS THE FIRST PICKIN'

MMMMM' Tasty!!! 

FRESH SALSA

TOMATOES I BOUGHT FROM A FARMERS MARKET BECAUSE I WANTED TO CAN.

LANDON DISPLAYED THE VEGGIES AND TOOK THIS PICTURE

CORN FREEZING DAY

ABOUT 10 DOZEN TO FREEZE. I ENDED UP WITH 19 QUARTS

My Niece eating her first time corn. She likes it!!

It's a corn pickin'day..It's a corn pickin' day...It's a corn pickin' day ..Today! Well this years corn was less than half the amount of a normal season. Only a bit more than 40 dozen or so from Dad's garden. He watered it every day all day long and still it was such a dry summer. I am grateful for the hard working man that he is and how he does all his gardening for his kids. What a wonderful father!! We took our corn home this year and each family froze their own. That is what I did last night until 10pm. Blanch, Cut, Freeze. We will have yummy corn this winter. Thank-you dad for all your effort in your garden.