Just about every day or so, we go out and this is waiting for us…. tomatoes, peppers, beans… and some odd this or that!

Right now, we are up to….. (drum roll please!)

34 pounds of produce!!!!

YEAH!!!

The price per pound is definitely coming down! I had estimated that I spent about $500 this year on the gardens, beds, dirt, plants and all that jazz. Another $200 went into yard and flower improvements… like the shutters and the hammock and table…

So that means my garden produce is about $14 a pound.

Well, it’s getting better. Next year it will be awesomely cheap! I already have nearly all the seed I need and will probably just need a few plants, like tomatoes and peppers. Everything else I’m going to try and do from seed. And I’m already sizing up my plans for next year, what I’m going to plant and where based on this years experimenting and growth.

It’s just so damn delightful to go out and pick stuff for the table that night. And to make your own pickles and salsa and bean dishes and ketchup! And jelly too! Yes it is.

And we even have CARROTS!!! Beautiful little fingerlings, all just lovely and sweet!

Just could not resist… had to pull a few and see how they are doing. They were simply delightful on a salad! So sweet… it’s just amazing how sweet and yummy produce is straight from the warm sunshiny garden beds. And to know that you grew them, and nurtured them, it’s just so cool. My girls are loving it, Maggie is very much into the whole farm thing. Someday, we just might have more room and more garden space for sure!

But until then, this is just wonderful and we are so happy with it…