Gardening

Keagan loves watching things grow so decided yet again to dig up the garden and plant some seeds this summer.  The drought has been with us for the last 2 years so we don't get very much from our garden but we can always try!

 The biggest challenge for us weeding once the garden gets growing.  You would think the tripods of water would give us plants but it seems to only give the weeds water to grow...well and little gourds.  We planted the little gourds the first year and they have just spread themselves all over the garden.  So come fall we always have decorations to put around the house!  We can't seem to remember where we plant anything as our garden area is quite big but John solved this problem for us this year!  He got these outdoor rubber mats for a project of his and had lots left over.  So we have placed them in the garden to help keep the weeds down and mark where we planted our seeds.  It worked great and kept the sticky clay mud off our feet

The lack of mud on Keagan's feet definitely helped keep the house much cleaner this summer as he has mastered the screen door and the sliding glass door.  We honestly cannot keep him locked in the house.  It is a good thing the back yard is fenced in with cat fence.  If the cats can't get out, Keagan can't either.

 

Keagan the gardener was such a good helper with planting the seeds this year.  He would get them out of his package and help me "dump" them into the ground.  We might not have had straight rows but they were put into the ground with such enthusiasm. 

May 2013