The garden

We love having a garden. Here are some of what we have harvested so far.

We just started getting basil.  We made an awesome margherita pizza with it.  I can't wait to make pesto!

We have had so much lettuce, I feel like all we are eating is salad! It so easy to grill some chicken and pick some lettuce that we turn to it often.

The peas are just starting to be ready.  They are seriously so good, if I didn't make Ryan bring them in the house, he'd probably eat them all right in the garden.

Today Ryan picked a ton of swiss chard.  He made swiss chard patties with it.  I chose to have a cheeseburger instead. Thats one thing I won't be trying!

This mama turkey and her babies have made a home in our next door neighbors tree.  They come around our house several times a day. Yesterday I was reading the paper on the deck steps while Ethan played with his digger when I looked up to see them about 5 feet away from me! Ethan and I followed them all the way to our neighbors house two doors down.  She told us there used to be 6 (one is missing in this picture) but a fox got one.  We see the fox often too.  Between the turkeys and the chickens next door, the fox is usually camped out nearby.  Today Ethan ran over to our neighbors yard to watch the turkeys.  Apparently he got to close and the mama turkey charged after him! Hopefully that will teach him to stay back!