when I was a kid my mom always planted....flowers, veggies, herbs, tea....Im not entirely sure why she loves to garden, but she does..still does in fact! One of our many jobs on Saturdays and in the summer was to help plant, weed and of course water. All three of these I loathed! Gardening just wasn't an activity that I enjoyed.
It was always hot, messy, wet....the weeds were annoying and always seemed to overtake the garden. One year, I asked if I could plant some wildflowers...we got this great tube of mixed seeds and I planted them....it was great..they all bloomed and I rarely had to weed that patch...simply b/c we didn't know which were weeds and which would be flowers! That's my kind of garden!!!
Here's the thing though and I can't seem to put my finger on it other than "Im becoming my mom"... I wouldn't mind becoming my mom...she's a great woman....
but I just can't figure out WHY ON EARTH I PLANTED A GARDEN!!!! Not just one....but FOUR!!!!
I planted squash, tomatos, peppers, cucumbers, sunflowers, wildflowers, zenias and daisies. We did a small pot of mixed herbs and the kids pumpkin seeds are EXPLODING with potential pumpkins!!!! Not only did I plant THREE Gardens (kids can be so cute!) But I did it with excitement...and it was really hard work... the ground around our house is super hard to dig up....it took me two Saturdays to get it all done.
The kids are super excited...they LOVE watching the progress in thier gardens. Everything (but the peppers) is sprouting and growing. The Sunflowers are supposed to get to be over 5 feet tall!!! Noah's garden has tomatos growing as well as cucumbers. When I asked Isaac what he wanted to plant he said "Blue flowers...but I don't want the bees to come!" Well, sorry kiddo...flowers=bees...but we did plant blue flowers....(he has the wildflower patch!!!)
Nature? Nurture? Family culture? I am leaning toward the third one...it's just what you do in the spring...you plant things..you grow things..you make your kids help with the hard work!!!
The really great thing is that Rick rigged up a sprinkler system b/c we also planted grass...and it waters most of the gardens and flowers!!! Keighley and Noah both help pull weeds and we are all enjoying watching things grow.
Spring has sprung in Texas...gardens and all!
Becoming like your mom? Scary thought, huh? I'm so glad the kids like to gardent. That's sweet! I can't wait to see their gardens.
Posted by: Momm | April 16, 2009 at 07:59 PM