How does your garden grow

It's only been a week, maybe less, since we planted our garden and already we have sprouts!

I can't explain the excitement of seeing the first fruits of our labor! I was terribly worried that we planted the seeds to far into the soil and that still hasn't completely diminished since the area where the sprouts are popping is the area that the catastrophe happened.

The catastrophe happened while Lex (11 yrs) was planting her seeds, she tripped and spilled her seeds over a wide area, essentially mixing some carrot and radish seeds. So what is growing could be carrots, radishes or maybe some Cadish (carrot and radish combined)? Either way, there is something growing in our garden and all of us are excited to see what comes.

Since the birth of our little sprouts, the kids have taken an even bigger interest in the garden and as a family we are learning a little more everyday about what it takes to grow a garden in such a moody climate for weather.

We are keeping our fingers crossed that more will begin to sprout over the next few days!

Gardening

Today we created a garden. A garden of tomatoes, corn and radishes. We threw in some watermelon and cantaloupe and carrots, lettuce and cucumbers for the rabbit.

We have never done this before, but with gas prices so high and money so tight, four kids need something creative to occupy their time and I need a break! I do realize I will be doing a lot of the nurturing, but that's alright, mommy time here I come!!!!

The rising gas prices have glued us home more this year, so what better way to spend our time than outside, nurturing and loving our garden! It was relatively cheap to start, we got seed packs 5 for $1.00 and off we went. The kids gardening tools were also just $1.00 a piece and we didn't even hit a dollar store! I think altogether we spent $25.00 and that included seeds, dirt, pots, tools and fertilizer! An inexpensive family activity!

All four kids were excited about this venture. Lex, the 11 year old was most interested in helping plant the seeds and potted plants in the garden itself. Em, our precocious 2 year old, just wanted to dig and play in the dirt. Log and Tris helped a lot by getting the ground ready and filling the pots with dirt! Being boys they loved this chore. They are proud of their work and can't wait to see what happens.

We also spread flower seeds in another part of the yard, there wasn't a lot of organization to this.......so it should be interesting to see what happens!

Hopefully this is a garden that will produce not just great veggies, but great memories!