July 4th

Happy Independence Day!  Proud to be married to a Gulf War veteran.  Thanks to all our service men and women that help to keep us safe and free!

2 1/4 oz of pea pods (total 15 3/4 oz.) and 9 1/2 oz. of red raspberries today (total 1.8 pounds).  No pictures....figured there are only so many ways to display the same thing over and over.  More of a post just to help me keep track.  :)  I have seen other blogs that have a way that they keep track of their harvests in the sidebar of their blog.  Does anyone know if this is a widget of some sort?

Saturday's harvest

We are still on a raspberry and pea pod stretch here.

10 1/2 oz of red raspberries to add to my yogurt.  The Japanese beetles are still around, but doing only minimal damage to the leaves.  The fruit is untouched, so I have left them alone.  We have a lot of crop dusting in our area unfortunately, and while driving on the highway it sounds like rain hitting your car with all of the beetles hitting it.  Yuck!  The only good thing is that they are dead beetles!

11 oz. of freshly blanched pea pods...minus the pods that made it to my tummy prior to the photo.  These are going into the freezer for future stir fries.

Today's harvest

Small but very tasty harvest today.  Needless to say, what you see pictured is not the total harvest.  Half the fun was eating sun warmed raspberries and sweet pea pods directly from the garden.  One of the many benefits of no pesticides.  :)

 After the in garden eating, there were 9 oz. of raspberries that will be part of tomorrows breakfast.

Only 2 1/2 oz. of pea pods made it to the picture.  Lauren wanted to fire up the grill and cook them.  She loves to eat them grilled.  I always tend to eat them before they can be cooked.