The County Fair

 This year our family has been volunteering at the community garden. We grow the food and give it to those in the area who may need it. It has been a great family project for us. Our former garden area is currently occupied by the chickens and where the new garden will be is still under construction. We have been lucky enough to use some of the produce from the community garden. I love garden fresh veggies.  I even made salsa with only ingredients from the garden (except the cilantro).

We decided to enter some of the produce into the County Fair. The boys have all worked so hard pulling weeds and killing bugs, that we thought it would be fun to let them enter some of their favorites.

Ben with the eggs. Ben LOVES those chickens! He saved those eggs for a few days to make sure he had 12 all of the same color. Unfortunately, when we left the fair, I carried the eggs out. My arm was bumped by the car door. The eggs didn't make it home. But hey! The blue ribbon did!

Luke really wants to grow a giant pumpkin. However, we're newbies at this whole gardening thing and have much to learn about growing large pumpkins. Lots and lots to learn. Yep, another blue ribbon!

James with the purple onions. Digging up onions are like opening presents. You never know what they will look like until you dig them out! Yes that is a blue ribbon.

Mark entered the Firecracker peppers. Those little peppers are H-O-T to put it mildly.  Blue ribbon!!

This is James' baby. He has been caring for this watermelon with the hopes of entering it into the fair.  I think he cared for the watermelon more then his own personal hygiene. But I know its totally worth that blue ribbon.

Mark also entered the tomatoes.  It was our only red ribbon. The tomatoes weren't all the same size, so there was a deduction there. But thats ok. We ate them anyway.