Tonight while I did my squat and weed and my husband filled the potato bags with yet MORE soil, my boys happily helped. This is their garden too, after all. Of course their favorite thing to do on a warm evening is fill buckets with water from the rain barrel (and run sprinting through the yard to pour into our potted plants and raised beds), and squirt fruit and veggies with the hose. They both ended up thoroughly drenched, but very happy.
The garden is starting to look like summer and we spent a bit of time this afternoon just soaking it up. We put up a mini kids volleyball net and the boys learned how to bump, dig, block and spike. They both love playing sports in our thin strip of lawn...and they also love harvesting with me each morning. This morning?
Lots of greens...mesclun greens, mustard greens, tah tsi mustard, spinach, sorrel, red leaf lettuce, kale and more. We also snipped a bunch of herbs - basil, savory, shisho and chives. Yum.
I took a lot of photos of what is happening in our garden...can't wait to share!
wow! amazing! it all looks fantastic. i wish i lived next door to you so that i could watch learn from the master gardener herself. can't wait to see the rest of your photos.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see it!
ReplyDeletemmmm...that looks fantastic, Denise! I'm sure your boys have lots of fun helping. :)
ReplyDeleteThe harvest looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI feel a garden update post coming on myself.
Your garden is lush and colorful!!
ReplyDeleteMy husband is looking over my shoulder and said " Yum.... veg."
what do you do with the shiso? it grows wild in my garden, i have so much of it!
ReplyDeleteyou have turned your space into paradise...just lovely greens and flowers...and i love the rain barrel!
ReplyDeleteLove the rain barrel! We harvested broccoli and the first of our peas (sugar and snow) today. We are also blessed with an AMAZING gardener as our neighbor at our community plot so we came home with gobs of dill and lettuce--we ate it all!
ReplyDeleteHurrah for gardening, your pics are wonderful!
Those greens look so good-lucky you! Also Denise, I'd love to hear what you're doing for Earth Scouts. We're trying to start up an 8-12 year old group in the fall.
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks fantastic! That's great that your boys love to help so much in the garden.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is looking beautiful, really inspiring!
ReplyDeleteThat looks fabulous!! and tasty too!
ReplyDeleteWhat sweet helpers, enjoy your week!
:)
Looks wonderful! You're gonna have some yummy flavored meals going on! I love the trellis.
ReplyDeleteyum! just when i start to really want some greens they are out of season here. can you believe with all the seeds i got, i didn't remember malabar spinach for the summer! i cheated and bought dome organic greens from the store. who can blame me? ;)
ReplyDelete~tara
What a lovely garden and splendid bounty! I love all the green. :)
ReplyDeleteOh how beautiful! Denise you've done very well. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteit looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI am always so inspired by your garden and your photos. :)
ReplyDeleteDenise, your yard is beautiful! I love the rain barrel, we need one!
ReplyDeleteYummy greens.
Lisa :)