Garden

Aaron Scott and I planted the first plants in our garden last Monday. We have been planning this for a while. A few months ago, we constructed a wooden frame for the garden, so that we could fill it partway with soil and small plants could be protected from the wind. On Monday we weeded, dumped soil into the garden and planted 8 plants: blueberry, strawberry, banana pepper, 2 tomato, 2 cilantro and a basil plant. They are growing really well - one of the tomato plants is already 2 or 3 inches taller than it was on Monday! There is still room for several more plants, so next Monday we plan to go shopping and pick out a few more plants and/or seeds. Aaron Scott is a great helper in the garden. Like most 7 year old boys, he enjoys the chance to play in the dirt. He managed to be very patient with his little brother too. Landis wants Aaron Scott to pay attention to him all the time, and in typical toddler fashion is very insistent about it. I can't blame Landis - Aaron Scott is a really fun brother!

After we finished gardening, Aaron decided he would like to dig a hole down to the water level. We directed him to a corner of the yard and he dug and dug. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to reach water by dinner time, but he did manage to dig a hole about as deep as he is tall. Pretty impressive! I can't find the cable to connect the camera to the computer, but once I do I will post pictures of the garden and hole.