Call it beginners luck that we had such a great harvest this year. It was so fun to deliver these produce gift baskets to our friends and neighbors. We had a few good laughs coming up with combinations of herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables for each family we shared our harvest with. Aidan had a hard time deciding which zucchini to keep and which to give away. He would sometimes protest that he did not want "yuckie ties" ( my signature colored raffia) tied on the herbs. Some of our friends received one sunflower while others received a whole bouquet. My favorite part of growing a garden this year was to watch Aidan stand tall and proud when he announced that the gifts were from his and Ethan's garden. So nice of him to include Ethan who spent many laborious afternoons watering the plants.
This is the most fruitful pear tree ever and it thrives in our backyard! Last winter after coming home from a fruit pruning class from my Master Gardener course, I broke out the clippers and pruned with confidence. Then in the early spring after the the flowering period when the pears showed, I thinned out the clusters of fruit. The result is a pear tree to share with the entire neighborhood!
Aidan and Ethan where given a couple packs of sunflower seeds. I let them go to town and plant what we call a secret garden.
Nice work boys!
This picture makes me swoon! 
We have already picked eight peppers from this plant and it's still going.
We share a lot of the crop with the birds this year. Yellow cherry tomato's were more popular with them than the red variety. Also as soon as the Aidanberries and Ethanberries from the two blue berry bushes we planted in honor our boys started to turn a hint of blue, the birds flocked to them before we could. 
Some of what we grew was for show to see how big they would get. We found large zuchini's are best grated and put into pasta sauce... with meat balls. Yum!
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