First Fruits

This week we were able to pick the first fruits of our garden. Actually though, I guess they were vegetables. On Tuesday Sara and her girls picked 2 squash. Last night we picked a zucchini. We let Katherine do the honors.

She pulled and pulled but it did not just snap off. Zucchini plants are actually quite prickly. She was about to pull the entire plant out of the ground so I stepped in and helped her pick it.

Isn't it a beauty. Now let's see if she will eat it.

While at the garden we took care of several other tasks. Katherine helped to "dead head" the flowers. She was pretty good at picking out which ones needed to be pinched off.

Sam also worked on building a trellis for our cucumbers, beans, okra, cantelope and egg plant.

Katherine was a great helper. Sally and Katherine also tied ribbon to the tomato cages to scare off the birds.