I sure hope that this quote is true because all of those things sound wonderful. I grew up having gardens and remember how exciting it was to get the first peas off the vine or pull the tiniest carrots from the ground. I have been wanted to do some kind of gardening for awhile but between my laziness and using the dog as an excuse, I just haven't done it. I tried to grow some tomatoes last summer but I think I got them in too late and just didn't get much from them.
In addition to maybe getting some garden fresh food, I think Taelin and I will have fun gardening. I am already so looking forward to this summer with Taelin. We did a lot of fun things last summer, but I think this summer is going to be altogether different. She is already giving up her afternoon nap and I would guess by this summer they are going to be few and far between. It will be great to have something like a garden to work on together.
My family just visited from Montana and whenever my dad comes for a visit I try to think up a project for him to do. He likes having a project...and if I don't think something up then he will find something. In the past, that something becomes a little bigger than life so I have learned to have something in mind. This time, it was two raised beds for the background so I can get a little more serious about this gardening thing.
I should have taken some pictures as my dad and sister worked on these two beds, but for some reason I completely spaced it. They had to work on them in the garage because it rained all week, but three days after they left we had a gorgeous day outside and Taelin and I did a bunch of work in the backyard to get the beds ready to take outside. Here are some pictures from our day!
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| We stopped weeding quite a few times to take a look at all the wriggly worms and bugs that we found. |
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| Particularly excited about the bugs that rolled up into a ball. She was about as helpful weeding as you would expect a three year old to be! But it was SO fun to watch how excited she was about each discovery! |
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| First bubbling blowing of the season! |
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| A "T" for Taelin in sidewalk chalk. One proud mama here! (Clearly this has nothing to do with gardening except for that Taelin was doing this as I was working in the yard and I took a picture of it...because I am that kind of mom.) |
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| Oh...and some raised beds. They are 8 feet by 1 1/2 feet. We have room for more than two but I decided I wanted to start off small. |
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| A closer picture. They are a little uneven, but they are at least where they are supposed to be and out of the garage. |
I am feeling pretty excited. I think the next step needs to be figuring out exactly what I want to grow. I know for sure I want to grow tomatoes, probably cherry, roma, and then some kind of beefsteak-like tomato. I would like to do green beans too. Other than that, I am not really sure what I am going to do. Taelin has declared she is planting flowers (which makes sense since has not really embraced any kind of vegetable). I think it would be fun to do a strawberry plant or two.... Obviously, I need to work on my plan. Then I suppose there will need to be a large load of dirt and compost or something.... Ok...I really need to work on my plan. I think I better close this post up and spend some time figuring some of this stuff out.
Any of you out there have any experience with this? Any resources I should check out? Help...anyone?
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