And the Winner Is...

Due to Facebook being difficult, the giveaway for Best in the West Bakery has been moved here.  The random number generator gave me number 9.  And that person is Marianne Smith.  Marianne, if you will email me your address and which type of cookie you would like, I will mail you a bakers dozen cookies.  My email is countryrunnerk@gmail.com

If anyone has any idea how to configure apps for Facebook, I would love help so that future giveaways can actually be on Facebook.

How Time Flies...

I happened to see my blog when I posted my garden pictures and laughed because the garden doesn't look anything like that anymore. I thought I'd show you the difference.

When I first planted

Now

When I first planted

Now

When I first planted

Now

I have frozen 40 cups of zucchini and have made lots and lots of zucchini bread along with selling & giving away a little bit of zucchini.  Romaine is ready to be harvested. I also harvested spinach today and blanched & froze it.  Not enough to make spinach dip but close.  By the end of the season, I definitely will.  Today I discovered I have two baby cantaloupes.  I'm hoping I have enough time left in the season for those to get ripe.  And tomatoes - I have so many on the vine.  I don't quite have enough ripe to can but hopefully soon.

This is my zucchini & squash patch.  It is a little bit out of control.  The tomato plants look different after cutting them back today.  I only have a couple or so weeks left before out first freeze so I need as many tomatoes to ripen before then.  I cut most of the leaves off so the plants will put it's energy to growing and ripening the tomatoes.