I know. I know. It’s important to get in your garden every day. At least, every other day. Not just on weekends. Ashamedly, I’ve only been a weekend gardener and it shows. I hand-weeded around our small plants this weekend in the blistering hot sun, but still only covered about 30% of the garden. And there are still weeds in the walkways. Ugh. Every day, Erica. Get out there every day. How do you motivate yourself to just do it?
Something Different and Exciting Happened Though…
But yesterday, instead of freaking out about my three year old walking all over the plants, I just let him come to me in the garden after he got bored with swinging on the hammock. He sat down next to me and watched me pull weeds while we talked about plants and how they would be food soon. He asked if baby rabbits ate their vegetables. What about daddy rabbits? And mama rabbits? Of course, this was after a discussion on the tiny golden nuggets I advised him to avoid. Somehow talking to this kid usually includes a reference to poop.
Then he got sleepy and was curling up in my lap, wallowing in my big gardening dress, holding his book over his eyes. That was what I wanted. I wanted to have peaceful gardening time with him, instead of yelling at him not to step on our tiny seedlings, stop throwing dirt, whining. Finally!
I need better ways to involve him more, because he loves being outside and I know he’s going to geek out over the magic of “seeds in, plants out” as much as we do. Must research: What are some of the garden tasks most suited to toddlers?
The Plants! They’re Making It!
The bean bushes are standing about 9-12″ tall and have a lot of tiny white blooms on them. Some of the squash plants are standing 6″ tall and already have yellow blooms on them, but maybe they should still be working on getting bigger, rather than putting all their energy into growing fruit right now. We did get a late start, after all. Should i pinch the blooms or just be grateful we have some?
On Another Exciting Note – The Ducks
Rocky built the duck house yesterday! All the ducks that have been in the “dog Pen” got to see some freedom!
The original post was first published on Owningburtonfarm.weebly.com on June 19, 2016 and has since been edited.
