My kids and I are starting a garden. We had list of things we need, and we have pictures and drawings of what our garden is going to look like. I thought my children would prefer the already grown type of plant. I was wrong. They wanted to grow their garden from scratch.
We bought some garden soil, which we have renamed "poopy" soil because they really stink. I think it's a mixture of compost and horse/cow manure. Last Saturday, we were digging, and hoeing, and putting in some garden borders. Other kids were examining seeds to plant. Even DS4 helped by biting through an envelop of corn seeds.
It was a blistery day, so water run along with snots as we were starting our garden. Here's our picks :
Corn, three kinds
Pumpkin, the giant variety
Cucumber
Poppy
Zinnia, for borders
peas
We have tons more, but I can't remember them now. We went to Home Depot for our garden needs. On one such trip, we got hit by a car. We lost a headlight, crushed our bumpers, misaligned our hood, and shook me so badly, I want to come out of my car swinging.
She's over-speeding by over 20 miles in a neighborhood street, and not paying attention to where she's going. I had my eldest and youngest child with me, and she's fortunate that no one was hurt. I am very protective of my children that way. Damn her cell phone anyway...and she must have hit accelerator instead of brake.
Bygones! She doesn't have insurance, and had the gall to hand the cops a fake insurance card. I didn't have my cell phone with me during the accident, so I couldn't double check.
With such an eventful beginning, we are off to making a memorable garden for the kids.
I like to crochet. I can listen to a books on tape and crochet at the same time...or while watching TV. This afghan I made for my sister.
I can't recall a time when I didn't love books. My mother bought me tons of books while I was growing up. She wasn't too thrilled when I was obsessed with them, I'd missed meals to finished them between exams and homework. I got my love of books from my Mama.
I took up knitting when I was pregnant with DS4. I learned it from a book. I even joined a dishcloth ring and made three dishcloth. I sent mine to Australia, and I got three from East Texas. It was lots of fun.
