1st harvest

It was supposed to freeze last night.  

At least that is what Weston read on our little community's webpage.  He told me and I told Grandma. 

"Tomatoes" was first on the brain.

  We didn't want to risk losing the whole crop so they all had to go.

(It has been a super short growing season this year.)

We called for a harvest on some of the other veggies/fruits that were ready anyway.

Grandpa, Weston, and Uncles Tyson and Daron (who were here for our little get-together  -  more on that later) came to help with carrots...

 onions...

 taters.

I picked the only big honeydew (there are a few itty bitties still nursing the vine).

By the time we got around to picking some corn, most of the littles had joined us.  

They liked it raw.  

Sweet and good.

My little 5-year-old nephew, Carter, found a nice caterpitter amongst the edibles.

Last night we had a nice little harvest feast prepared mostly by Grandma.

OTM:

(on the menu)

Sliced tomatoes tossed with olive oil and fresh basil from the garden,

steamed carrots,

corn-on-the-cob,

honeydew (that was totally NOT ripe - I'll take blame for that),

sliced peaches (picked from the church orchard),

sauteed potatoes and onions topped with fresh parsley from the garden,

Grandma's delicious homemade whole wheat bread topped

with your choice of homemade marion berry jam or Uncle Daron's honey (that he harvests from his own bees), 

leftover hot dogs and buns (which is pretty much what the kids ate),

and for dessert: Weston's apple crisp (with apples that they had just picked) topped

with your choice of vanilla ice cream (store-bought) or Grandma's homemade berry frozen yogurt.

Sounds kind of over-the-top, but, actually, it was pretty simple.

And it was really good. 

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3 thoughts that were bouncing around in my brain while we were picking yesterday:

1. God is amazing!  Seeds, growing food, etc.  It is amazing!  Really.  He has life and everything so organized and under control.  How can one not believe in Him, especially when witnessing the miracle of nature?
2. It's fun to pull food out of the ground. It's like a magic trick.  Put a seed in the dirt, a little water, a little sun, a little time, and abracadabra! Shazam!  Full grown food!
3. What would it be like if our family, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents (on both sides) lived by us and we all just lived off the land?   (I'm kind of half serious/half joking on this one.)

Oh yeah, and it didn't freeze last night.
But I'm glad that we did all that anyway.
And I'm really glad that it didn't freeze because, HELLO!, it's only the beginning of September.