My Small Accomplishment!

Growning up my parents would garden 1/2 acre of land every year. Because I lived so close, I never felt the need to grow my own garden. Now that I live 2000 miles from home, I realize that I can't rely on their fresh garden fruits and vegetables. I don't have exactly what you would call a green thumb, so I decided to start small and just plant tomatoes, squash, and zucchini. From what I understand, they are pretty hard to kill. Well, we'll see. I was pretty excited to wake up one morning and see this . . .

and this . . .
I also recently attended an activity where I learned how to bottle my own jam. I have helped my mom make jam for years, but I have never done it myself. I decided to start with strawberries (because they are going out of season soon). Then I got so exicted about it, so I made blueberry and raspberry jam as well from frozen berries. Twenty four jars later I have enough jam to last us until next years strawberry season! Yum! Blueberry is our favorite!