This photo is from last May. I wish it was this year, but alas, I haven't even started any seeds. It is on my to-do list for this weekend. Well, "Plant Seeds" has been on my to-do list for a couple of weeks, so that doesn't really say anything.
I have big garden dreams for this year. I live in a new location with more land and planting possibilities, but I also have one more child this year. I picture myself with a baby in a backpack and a toddler at my knees, planting, weeding, and harvesting--just like Caroline Ingalls must have done. I can do it, right? I'm hoping to enlist the help of my big girls (ages 6 and 11), too.
I have a head start here. We have 5 apple and 2 plum trees, 1 cherry and 1 peach tree. I want to add raspberries and strawberries to the fruit list.
In our back field, my plan is to have a pumpkin patch and a sunflower house for the kids.
Someday, I would like to have big vegetable garden out there, but I am trying to be somewhat realistic!
For now, I am planning a small potager/kitchen garden in our back courtyard. There are already lots of brick planters and raised beds to work with--yippee!
Here I want to grow herbs, veggies and flowers. I want to start from seed as much as I can to save money.I'll be sure to share my gardening adventures with you!
Now, children are calling...I'd better be off!
2 comments:
What fun could I have with a space like that! Sorry I did not get right back to you! Down with the flu for the last day and a half!
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Glad to have found your blog!
It sounds like you have a dream yard!
And yes, Ma, how did she do it?? I never gardened with babies -- it just seemed so overwhelming to go out, get dirty, and immediately have to clean up to nurse or change a diaper or whatever.
Good luck to you!
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