How Does Your Garden Grow?

Well, ours is growing fine right now and we are very excited!  We have been extremely lucky this year to have Grandma Reid sharing her garden plot with us.  She has not been able to use it for several years and so we decided to try our hand at gardening.  It is a lot of work, but we are having fun doing all the work.  The kids picked some things they wanted to plant.  They have greatly enjoyed running to their row each time to see what has grown. 

Abram loves to measure and see just how tall his sunflowers are growing and checking for squash on his plants.

 Katie enjoys seeing what color zinnias are growing each time (and often picking one or two for Mommy's hair and hers).  She is also keeping a close eye on her carrots with hopes they will get big soon.

It is hard to see but we have squash, onions, potatoes, broccoli, cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, okra, beans, corn and freshly planted watermelon that we are working hard to keep alive.  The squash are coming in quickly and we are soon to be overwhelmed with them (any suggestions?).  But more than all of the wonderful produce we have coming in is all of the fresh air and family time we are getting this summer.  As well as the dirt covered fingernails and new discoveries we have with each visit.  If you feel the need to pull some weeds or get some dirt under your fingernails come on over, we have plenty to share.