Spring Harvest

I've always wanted to grow peas, but always seem to forget that they need to go in the ground MUCH earlier than the rest of what I normally grow.  So, they tend to get forgotten.  Not this year.  Steven's Dad brought over a TON of pea seeds for us to use.  And USE we did!  He also told us the seeds were somewhere around 10 years old!  Check these little babies out!  I don't think we'll need to worry about "expired" seeds anymore.  They did AMAZING! We even let them grow on the vine a few more days to plump up.  The kids are/were enjoying picking the pods right off the vine and snacking...bingo!  THAT's exactly what I wanted to happen!  Veggie eating CAN be fun! 

Well, today I harvested all the peas.  It was a sad day. They did such a good job doing their job, that I wanted to keep them in the ground to show off how awesome of a gardener I am.  Although, I have some prettily brown stained hands from pulling weeds and plants that can show that off, too.  Oh well.  Now that they're all out, I need to plant something else in their place.  Hm...any ideas?

**Note: In my garden I've currently got growing, corn, banana squash (it's looking really sad so I hope it'll be okay.), spaghetti squash, 3 zucchini, 6 bell pepper, 4 cucumber, 4 tomato, 1 broccoli, 4 red potato, 1 Yukon gold potato, 1 acorn squash, 1 watermelon.  I need to get my beans in the ground, but I've already got the space for them ready.

I hope you're having a great summer and taking the time to get outside for fun and possibly garden a bit. It sure is therapeutic for me!!