Sunday, July 17, 2011

Garden giving!









Yesterday morning was our biggest harvest yet and the kids planned to prepare for their veggie stand by beginning the "picking" at 7am.  In order to avoid "veggie stand burnout," we decided to open the stand for only 2 hours (9a-11a).  While the kids did the hunt and gather, I headed off to Krispy Kreme for their "breakfast." 
Cole picks banana peppers












Cooper grabs a tomato



Ivy nabs a cucumber










Cucumbers




Hard work pays off! 


Open for business


Jalapeno Pepper Plant
Pickling cucumbers
The corn came from Rutherford County - Peaches 'n Cream!  Yum Yum!


Our sweet neighbors Dot and Nina got first pick!


They were so excited to hear how the boys had tilled, planted and picked the vegetables!


"Giddy" loves homegrown tomatoes!
Free veggies for our mailwoman!

Amazing friend, Monya, came from Mt. Juliet with her twins and niece!  Thanks, Monya!



More neighbors, the Shepherds, stopped by.

Balancing out the "healthy" with some donuts for our customers!


The kids had a great time and we all enjoyed meeting more of our new neighbors!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by!




Friday, July 15, 2011

Food, Glorious FOOD!

The McAfee garden is nothing short of amazing and I wanted to share some current photos of how much it has progressed in the past few weeks.  I am so proud of Jason and the boys for all their hard work.  Therefore, I will keep blogging about the garden because they are tired of hearing me talk about it.  I'm just so excited to see how their hard work has paid off!

I'll keep the photo comments to a minimum because the pictures speak for themselves.  WOW!  Not bad for the suburbs!  Jason planted some wildflowers, sunflowers and native warm-season grasses in addition to the veggies.  These are not only beautiful to look at from the back yard but they have attracted a gazillion bees.  When I went to take pics this morning, there were bees on nearly every sunflower!  Super duper!