I have had this really strong urge to start a garden. Not like a prompting, more like a desire to learn how to grow things. Mostly because Lily came home from preschool one day asking me if we could plant some seeds and I felt like it was a good learning opportunity for her. It would teach Lily responsibility about watering her seeds every day, and give her something to look forward to. When would they bloom? What would they look like? How excited would she get? I was definitely on board for finding out... so we went ahead and made a trip to Home Depot to gather some dirt and some plants while Daddy cut down the yucky bushes below our breakfast window and dug them out for Mommy.
When we came home with our dirt and plants, Daddy showed off his hard work and Marco wasn't the only one impressed!
Because Lily was so excited to start a garden we really tried to incorporate her helping us as much as possible. And the whole time a smile was on her face.
And over the next week, any stranger that she met - she had to tell them her side of the story about planting a garden.
Once the dirt was placed, the plot trimmed, and everything was ready to go - we let Lily dig holes and place her plants. As soon as they were all placed we made it her job to give them a drink of water.
And the beginnings of our garden consisted of:
* 3 Tomato Plants
- 1 Cherry
- 1 Roma
- 1 Better Boy
* 2 Zucchini Plants
* 2 Squash Plants
* 2 Pepper Plants
- 1 green
- 1 red
Plus, lots of seeds growing in recycled egg cartons.
This is just the beginning, but I am so excited to see what we can reap from all the hard work we sowed over the weekend in trying to give Lily her garden.
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