How Does Your Garden Grow?

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

I have a small vegetable garden, about 6' x 10' and always have fun planting it full and awaiting its gifts! I look at it each day and it hardly seems like anything is happening in there, other than the lettuce that we've been enjoying the last few weeks. Well, we were away last week and came home to find that the garden has been hard at work! Here's what I picked:

There were a few tomatoes too, but they were eaten before I got the idea to take a picture!

So there's plenty more cucumbers and green beans coming in, lettuce is still there and we will finish it all, and then I'll try planting more when it's cooler out. The zucchini is looking great and should be ready to pick any day:

I just wish the tomatoes were doing a little better. Last year they were huge compared to how they look this year, although they seem to be doing better and I did pick a few red ones already! Here's the garden:

Lettuce is in front, zucchini to the left, then the cucumbers to the right. Far left would be tomatoes and green beans along with basil, parsley and dill. I always planted the dill seeds in careful lines, but then my Mom reminded me how my Grandmother would just toss the seeds where ever in the garden, and so I tossed too. Now when I cut the lettuce, there's always a little dill in there with it and we love it in the salad! When I taste it, I always smile and think of my Grandmother! 

So as I'm picking my goodies from the garden, I'm wondering what are you picking from yours?!

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

Barbara, what a beautiful photo! They are delicious, thanks for sharing!!!

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

The lastest pickings:

and dinner!

What I call Summer Pasta, made from all the zucchini and tomatoes coming from the garden now, plus cucumber salad with dill. Still have zucchini coming in, does anyone have a good zucchini bread recipe?! Maybe that could be a whole new blog,  good recipes to help use up all the garden veges we have now!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I don't have the recipes but I'll be there for dinner: ) What gorgeous produce. Good idea, start a garden recipe discussion.

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

Thanks! and anytime! Started the recipe discussion, let's see what we get!!

[Barbara B., Sasha & Oliver]

Jane, I have a awesome zucchini bread recipe from my Grandmother... I will e-mail it to you.  Your summer salad looks awesome - what time is dinner ?  :)

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

Anytime Barbara, it's actually a hot dish! And S and O too! How great to get your Grandmother's recipe! Thank you!