Harvest

 This morning we woke to dark skies to the West. I did a quick house clean, drank a hot cup of cider, and then headed outside. I picked the last few zucchinis that I missed and brought the last of the sunflowers in for my kitchen table. 

Once the little boys finished using their imaginations inside, they joined us in the greenhouse and helped us harvest the tomatoes. We only did half of the greenhouse and got around 400lb of tomatoes. Finley loved helping snip the tomatoes from the vine and Ollie helped us load the crates up one tomato at a time. By the end, my fingers were brown and stained. 

While Sawyer napped I made up some zucchini brownies for the big kids to enjoy after school. Joe got off the bus just as I finished pulling in the ripe paste tomatoes. He joined us for a few minutes, brownie in hand, crumbs on his lip. 

We went into town for piano lessons, dropping off Joe and picking up the older two. Along with back to school comes all of the extra activities and a little extra running around. My parents are so great and always offer to keep a kid or two at home while I taxi everyone else around. 

Hyrum came out to check the chickens with me before bed. We took in the sunset and checked out the sunflowers once more. It won't be long before the frost or snow takes them out!

 

The kids went to bed so good! Ollie missed his afternoon nap and was exhausted after being outside all afternoon. Camilla tucked him in and he didn't get out once! The big boys snuggled into their beds and didn't make a peep. 

When the house was quiet, I ran a bath to soak my dirty hands and stained fingers....It didn't help. It's a good thing I'm proud of these garden hands. Ha!