I love to garden. I always have loved plants and watching them grow.
This year I figured I would do a garden with the kids. We planted all our garden from seed in little greenhouses on the front patio and lovingly cared for them in the early spring.
About 6 weeks ago we planted them in the ground and in pots in our backyard.
Now the little plants at the top of the first pictures are getting really big and ready to produce some tomatoes this summer.
Every morning when it is sunny and breezy the kids and I will walk out to check on the garden and water all the plants. Jack will kneel down and talk about the plants as if they were his friends. We talk about the little flowers and how they will turn into things we can eat like cucumbers and watermelons. Jack will throw his head back laughing in delight and say Yeah, we will eat them!
My basil is FINALLY doing well - in Houston? With enough water they have exploded and they seems to really thrive in the sun. I've always grown basil and found it to be a fussy plant to grow. :)
We really soon we will be eating capri salad & fresh pesto and it will all be worth it.
squash, pumpkins, watermelons, brussel spouts and cucumbers
* We get ants like crazy here so I am always trying to keep them off my plants, bother…
Lots of herbs
I wish you could spell these flowers. It's like a breath of Hawaii.
Whoever lived in this house had the wonderful idea of planting fruit trees. We have figs growing!
And limes...
And lemons.
We also have many slithery friends like this little lizard who can right to our window for a visit. Can you spot him in this photo with Jack? Well, Jack was squealing with delight talking to the lizard and asking what was he doing?
We see lizards often and Jack will always be the one to point them out. It's like he has a 6th sense for animals. One night we were walking through the kitchen and it was pitch dark outside. Jack stopped and said look a lizard and sure enough he was perched on the window screen.
