Garden work and a harvest

After church today, we put The Bear down for his nap then tackled some yard work.  Eventually, I worked my way to the garden to do some weeding.  I pulled a lot of crabgrass out of the carrot bed and the flower bed next to it then weeded around the beans and Roma tomatoes.  Once finished there, I decided that the smart way to do more weeding was to bust out the roto-tiller and go after some of the paths between the veggies.  I had to stop due to a downpour.

While doing the weeding, The Boy harvested a variety of crops for us.  The beans continue to be slow to grow.  Also we have our first "mutant" cucumber.  I guess it's really more conjoined.  We first noticed it after it had started doing its thing -- at that point it still had a gap between the two cucumbers.  It's finally gotten to the point where it's time to harvest it.

Wifey also has her work cut out for her with the cucumbers.  I believe she was going to make some dill spears to go with the sweet pickles she made a few days ago.  I'll see about uploading a few of her better pickle recipes.  It's been a while since I've added any recipes to the blog.