The Fruits of our Labor

When we bought our house, we immediately planned on starting a garden, but somehow never could find the time to do the prep work involved (dismantle the sandbox, rototill the soil, get rid of the multitude of rocks that filled our intended garden). We told ourselves this year would be THE year, and this spring (in May), Andrew prepared the soil, bought the plants/seeds and planted our garden. I wish I could say I helped, but the truth is, although I don't have a "black thumb", it isn't very green either. He planted seeds for squash, peas, cucumbers, corn and pepper, and also planted tomato plants.

Andrew planting seeds for peas and squash

Fast forward to July, here are pictures of the grown squash, peas, peppers and tomato plants and (at the bottom) our first harvest. The corn and cucumbers never grew, we're not quite sure why.

And here is my contribution to the process (drum roll please!) : the cooking / baking/ eating of our produce.

Zucchini Chocolate Bread
(yes, yes, much more chocolate than zucchini)

A yummy yellow grape tomato