They're Gone!

...My plants, they are gone. Done for the year.

We have been busy around here, hence the lack of posts lately! We had a bit of a freeze here in MN, so a bunch of our plants are done for the year. I took out our tomatoes and the rest of our vine plants, I also trimmed a bunch of flowers and bushes that are done... and now our yard looks naked... here's a little of what I've been up to:

We ate our one and only watermelon of the year, yep, in October. 

It was so delicious, it tasted like candy. 

I guess if we only get one it might as well be the best one we tasted all year!

We did get alot of really yummy produce from our garden, 

even if it was a short growing year.

I heard other people struggled with their gardens this year.

Like beets, for example. I got one. 

One.

One beet. 

It had better taste good when I cook it up!

Maybe it will be like the watermelon....

As far as storing some of our garden for later use this winter,

we are only walking away with salsa.

(Really really goooooood salsa!)

Lucky for us, one of my friends gave me her tomatoes,

so we were able to get a small full batch of salsa!

I was able to find some cheap apples

so we canned some apple pie filling.

It turned out great.

And yesterday I was able to bottle up some peaches and pears.

Wahoo!

So glad that's done.

It took all day long, and I only got 11 quarts altogether.

The peaches wouldn't come off the pits,

and the pears were also being stubborn in their own precious way.

That's how it goes sometimes :/

Garden Spuds

We had a little freeze last week (already!). The freeze warning was sent out, and we went to the thrift store to get some extra sheets to toss over our veggies. We covered our herbs,  and our tomatoes and peppers, they are still producing quite well. Yum. There was frost on the windshields in the morning, and it was cold! I think we prevailed the frost with our new garden sheets, however. Take that, cold snap. My hubby noticed some of his potatoes were peeking above the dirt, and he decided to dig them up that afternoon. They are so gorgeous!

I used them for part of an amazing dinner, they were so simple yet so tasty. I just tossed them in a baking dish with fresh rosemary and oregano from the garden, and drizzled a touch of olive oil and salt over the top. They were absolutely delicious. How long can you handle reading a post about our potatoes? Because I really could go on and on.... however, I will spare you...

We also had these mouth watering baked Zuchini Sticks with our spuds.

Oh yummy.

Have you ever eaten fresh potatoes out of your garden?

Look What I Found!

Before:

My neighbor asked me to help her with her yard, as you can see, it's a little out of control. I went over the other day to just weed a little and find the edge of her garden....

After:

And I found a rock path! 

I seriously had no idea it was under there just from walking on it, er on the weeds, that is. Isn't this path so neat? I love the rocks that she used. Now I'm so excited to do the rest of the yard to see what else is hidden!