Turnips Thursday

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Today, my daughter and I set out to pick the last of the peas. Most of them were well dried, but we did find a handful of plump green ones. We also realized the turnips had really plumped up in the last couple weeks, so we harvested those as well. There are still a lot more out there. S helped me out tons by watering the garden. As she did, she found two more cukes!

A family friend has been buying eggs from us. This week he bartered two big yellow squash and two cucumbers in exchange for a dozen eggs from the Ladies.

Here's little E who spends quite a bit of time each evening hanging out in the garden by himself. He likes to wait for the lightening bugs to come out, but his cranky mama can't stand the mosquitoes. E was the first to find this summer's first cucumbers a few nights ago. He was so excited. This is the time of year to get the kids outside to "hunt" for veggies as if they were Easter eggs!

So for dinner this evening, I will make a turnip, potato, garlic (from our garden) soup with rosemary chicken broth (from last fall's meat birds) soup with a salad made from cucumbers and matchstick turnips in a vinaigrette dressing. I'm trying to resist stealing any early harvest from the potato plants. They're doing well out there, but they're supposed to be for winter storage.

And that is where our food has come from today.