CANNING TOMATOES, CELEBRATING AND GRIEVING THE END OF THE SEASON
Garden fresh tomatoes are so full of flavor, and I believe I have picked my last juicy red ones from my garden for this year.
The last ones.
In Illinois we will have frost in October that will soon kill the plants. Thankfully, I’ll still be able to pick some kale, beets, leeks, and I’m still waiting on my Brussel sprouts to finish getting just a tad bigger. While I love the break from the garden and yard work, I grieve the end of summer almost every year.
My heart and body are blessed by being out doors, planting a garden and watching it grow, and feeding my family homegrown food. Our children learn the work involved for growing food and hopefully an appreciation of God’s creation that feeds us even from our small plot of dirt.