Once again we were in the garden. In fact I expect that we will be in the garden most chances that we get for the next few months. We have much to plant and cultivate. Dratted rain hasn’t been cooperating much either. Today we hammered together some raised beds to house our lettuces (a bunny favorite) and my pet project of carrots. I’ve never gotten carrots to work but I’m not giving up yet!
The boys helped me plant another row of strawberries and I think we’ll call our new patch done. So long as the old patch isn’t tilled under we’ll keep moving plants to fill in for those that don’t make the transplant. And then the helped mulch around each plant and water the newest arrivals. Which of course translates to I gave my kids water, dirt and dried grass. Muddy little messes they were by the time they were done. In fact it was practically a whole day outside and we were once again sun-kissed on our cheeks by the time we headed inside. And it was a very dirty end to our week which made it all the better from the boys’ perspective!
All in all I’m pretty pleased with our earthy week. We didn’t really have a chance to talk about Earth Day itself but I plan to do that a bit more when we transplant our oak trees. But I’m certain that they were connected to the earth this week and that’s what was important to me.
