Just Brilliant!

This is what happened yesterday afternoon when I asked the girls to use the water from their pool to water the plants! Simply brilliant! xo

Our Garden

This past Saturday was absolutely gorgeous and completely perfect for planting our garden. With rain forcast for Sunday we knew that we had to get the seedlings and seeds in the ground then so that they'd be able to take root and really make our garden beds their home for the season. 

Emma planted the tomato plants. 

And Grace was all about the peppers. 

While Grace was finishing up planting the peppers, Emma got to work on the lettuce. 

It was decided that we'd attempt carrots again this year with the hope that they would get mistaken for weeds this time around! 

We don't do much from seed as we just don't have the space in our house (or the ability to keep them warm enough) to start them ahead of time. However, we will plant seeds when they can directly go in the ground as is the case with carrots, peas and sunflowers. 

The girls plant the pea seeds. They're going in a wee bit later than we'd have liked but with how funky the weather's been lately we figured better late(r) than never. 

Emma planting sunflower seeds. 

Grace plants her sunflower seeds.

There are still a few more seedlings that we need to buy (squash, zucchini) and we have yet to plant potatoes in the coffee bean sacks (like we did last year) but they're on the agenda too. Once the gardens are complete we'll put the garden gnomes in which is pretty much like putting the cherry on top of the sundae for this Waldorf family! 

While we were busy planting the mail arrived, and in the mail was this very sweet birthday/thank-you gift from my dear friend Patricia (and lovingly made by my super talented artist friend Heather). It was an absolute treat to be gifted this print which totally makes me think of Grace, Emma and I! Thank you, Patricia and Heather, for this absolutely wonderful gift! It's currently on our nature table until I can find the perfect frame and wall for it to hang on! I just adore it (and you both)! xo

Garden? Check!

Seedlings? Check!

Awesome garden helpers? Check!

Planning out the flower garden? Check!

Flowers planted? Check!

Compost added? Check!

Plants tucked in? Check!

And double check!

This years garden ready to go? Check!

The First Meeting of the Backyard Garden Club

Today Aunt Mary and Emma decided to garden. 

So, they got their supplies and headed to the cutting garden.

They sat down

and got to work.

And no sooner did they do that, then the rest of the bunch showed up.

Em gardened, as if she has been doing it her whole life.

And Aunt Mary put the rest of them to work too.

Mostly, they were in charge of pulling weeds and placing them in the bucket.

It was a very hard working bunch.

And when the bucket was full they were all happy to help bring it to be emptied.

All in all, it was a very successful first meeting.  

The children were so excited to be part of "a club".  

The older girls seemed honored, and they all loved that they got good and messy before lunch. 

A good time was clearly had by all!