A bunch of us met again on Monday evening at 6:30 to get started on the entire reason for this whole process - to grow veggies. And since you reap what you sow, it's rather obvious how important this "step #3" is.
Thank you once again to Treehouse for buying a ton of stuff for us - garden toys for the kiddies, gardening gloves, watering cans, soil, and seeds galore! We got to choose from green beans, wax beans, carrot, spinach, a bunch of lettuce types, radish, turnip, turnip greens, beets, onions, etc.
Michelle was able to bring Brody with her this time and he was a great helper getting water from the rec building.
Iona came out to check on her little garden box and helped us all out.
I personally decided to plant onions, carrot, spinach, green beans, and a bunch of different types of lettuce. Sarah was such a great little helper. She actually put in about half of the onion sets herself. I would make the little hole and then she would drop the seed in. The only thing is I can't guarantee is that the little onions weren't put in upside down - oops! And then she helped water, mostly I suspect because she loves to play with water.
But really the point is that this is such a great experience for all of our children. They just so enjoy getting outside and you can really tell how valued they feel when we take the time to allow them to share in the "adult" things we do. Little Emily, for example, was very adamant about planting Swiss Chard with the help of her Mom and Poppy and made certain to let everyone know the very important spot in which it was planted. What a fantastic learning experience!
Thank you to Doug Halfyard for giving Paula a bucket of seed potatoes. With the help of Mr. Eldon King, Paula used most of her plot to set potatoes for her family. Mr. King had some great tips since he's a seasoned gardener and, though now retired, still has that undeniable ability to teach. You can't really notice in the photo but the potato rows have a seed every 8 inches or so with a bunch of kelp in between for fertilizer.
One of the ladies just looked around at one point and said, "Wow! Just imagine how far we've come in 2 weeks." Our garden was an empty grassy space a short time ago and after lots of hard work, we are now well on our way to a harvest. And we had lots of rain last night and this morning, so let's hope those tiny little seeds are germination to their hearts content and making us proud!
I like this quote - kinda about how we have to wait for our seeds to sprout because WE never know what the yield will be.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed. Robert H. Schuller
I will be away for a few days, back next Monday, and I will post upon my return.
Happy Gardening!
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