Homegrown goods!

After numerous hours picking, snapping, cleaning, and canning, we now have 18 1/2 jars of green beans for the winter.  Yesterday mom and I canned beans in the afternoon.  It was a first time experience for me, but it went well.  I was glad to have mom because I had no clue what to do.  However, I think I can do it myself if we have some more this year.  After the canning process was complete, we enjoyed a completely homegrown meal which included hamburgers, cucumber tomato and onion salad, zucchini and squash, and zucchini bars for dessert.  I am so excited to see that our garden has been a success this year.  Bart and I decided when we made our garden that it would be an experimental, learning year for us.  We weren't going to get upset if we didn't have much produce.  We have been pleasantly surprised!!  We have learned what we will do differently next year, but it has been a great garden so far.  I'm looking forward to what we will still have in the weeks to come!