Its been awhile since our last post, been on vacation in Cocoa Beach. Got lots of sun and did some fishing. As you can see, me and Ricky didnt catch much. Rick's dad Dickie (J.R.) had the big catch of the week, a 22" Black Drum. What a beautiful fish. We had a great time, thanks Dickie and Joy!!!!!

I have been slaking on updating this site, kind of the late summer blues. We did pick 11 lbs of cherry tomatoes Monday night. That's a ton of cherry tomato's. We need a vacation, 8 days away. Nine nights in Cocoa Beach will be great. Many more post to come.

Here is a new addition to the garden. A plastic owl to scary the squirrels away. There are two of them. They seem to be doing some good, though its there first day on the job. Thanks Mom.

Here is a project me and Ricky finished this weekend. Its a cold frame for growing late fall crops and starting spring seedlings. It is 8ft by 4ft deep. We got the clear material from our buddy Rippy, Thanks. I cant wait to eat lettuce and spinach this fall and winter.

Me and Ricky and Jennifer canned 7 quarts of salsa today. We were going to take pictures of the process, but forgot. Beer may have been involved. Here is the end result, some zesty salsa, with a bit of a kick.

Here is the first table full of tomatoes waiting to become salsa.Here bye the weekend, its salsa time!!!!

Canning Day

We had our hottest day of the year today, 97 and

muggy. I suffered through picking 10 gallons of green beans, damn near had heat stroke but got it done. We moved the canner out on the porch, using a propane turkey fryer. It worked great. Better than heating up the whole house.

Summer Salad

We made a couple of batch's of summer salad tonight. Good stuff. We have messed with the recipe a bit to fit our taste. I like mine with more vinegar and pepper.

Red Potatoes

Me and Ricky decided to check on the progress of our potatoes tonight. They are just starting to have the vines start to die off, so they still have awhile to grow. We pulled one plant and got this nice batch of red taters. Almost 2lbs of nice looking red potatoes from just one plant. I think we will fry them up tomorrow night, I bet they are taste.

Canning Jars

Ricky scored a good bit of canning jars the other day. Thanks to Pat Mathews!!!!!!!!! If anyone else has any laying around, we would love to have them. Any jars given to us could be returned full of goodies!!!