After reading an article about kid friendly yards, I decided to try to introduce Thomas to gardening. Bruce and Lil okay a summer location on the side of the garage and John clearned and tilled up the soil. Now it was time to find the plants. So off we went to different stores, trying to find just the perfect plant start, one with super powers to grow big and strong without any help from a person who kills any plant she just looks at. Unfortunately the article failed to point out that children like Thomas (or maybe just Thomas) don't really care about gardening at 2 years old. They don't care if they smoosh the plants, rip all the leaves off, or flood the little seeds out of their holes into the open rocks. Thomas had loads of fun tromping through the newly planted garden, splashing in the puddles and pulling out the new starts. He had a a blast! Amazingly, it looks like some of the plants are actually growing. Now whether they actually produce is another blog. Keeping our fingers crossed.
We've planted corn, tomatoes, pumpkins, broccoli, sweet peas, peppers and basil. We did plant seeds, but I don't really remember what. I think we planted onions, carrots and lettuce. We'll just have to see. In the mean time, I'm not weeding. I'm not exactly sure what's coming up and what's a weed. Now doesn't that tell you something!
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