Gardening!

It has been a few years since we've had a vegetable garden.  Alex got tired of messing with it and plowed the whole thing under.  This year, I thought it would be fun to try again since Ty and I will be around to take care of it.  I picked up a bunch of different seeds and got the early crops started.  I convinced Alex to make some raised beds (hopefully, we can fence them in and keep the bunnies out).  The first of the seeds (tomatoes, cucumbers, and chives) are sprouted and we're ready to start planting.  Crossing our fingers that we don't have any more freezing nights.

Tomato

Cucumber
(or, perhaps, Audrey II.  "Feed me Seymour!")

Lovely, black dirt

Ye olde composte pyle

When I picked up seeds, I also got the kids a flower kit.  They've had loads of fun watching their plants sprout.  They've been measuring them daily, anxiously awaiting the time to transplant.  Tyler was proud as could be that his was the first one to be tall enough to transplant.  It is so rare the youngest gets to be first at anything.

I'm looking forward to printing out the garden preschool pack from Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations.  I hope Tyler will have fun working through the various activities.

I'm linking up to Homeschool Village to share our progress with other families throughout the spring/summer.