Pics, Pics and More Pics

Well summer is in full swing. I have been having a great time gardening. This is the first time that I have ever actually grown my own food - and I love it! Time seems to stand still when I am in the garden weeding, mulching, watering, or just marveling at it all. We also spent a week camping in the Kootenays. It was great fun - so much so that I forgot to take pictures. Anyway here is a look at our summer so far....

This pepper seems to be as excited about the garden as I am. It is WAY bigger than all the rest. The others are starting to catch up now.... mmmmm.... I can almost taste the fresh salsa.

Here is our community garden plot and my gardening assistant. He is very enthusiastic about the garden although his participation is limited mostly to harvesting and eating what he harvests at this point.

At home we have started a small fruit garden.

Because we are not yet settled in our own place, we are keeping the trees and shrubs in pots for now. Next year we are looking forward to some blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and peaches.

This is the one and only picture from our camping trip. Thank goodness it is a good one. Here we are with our dear friends in front of Kootenay Lake.

I am so excited about my first canning experience too. Here are my very own home grown, home pickled beets.. yum!

On a side note I am still working on my bread making skills. The good news is that it now rises and it tastes really good. Unfortunately it is still really ugly. Daniel just asked me today if I would make some more of my "ugly french bread".

This is what Daniel has been doing to amuse himself. He dresses up his lovely assistant as some sort of well known character.

This is Harry 'Cat'ter.

He calls this one Luke 'Cat'Walker