Great pictures and gardens. I've always wondered what it would be like to grow an acre or more of food, but doubt I'll find out anytime soon.
A little over a month ago, Peyton got out a shovel and started digging up the soil. I figured he was making something for his toy tractors, and just kept on working on the backhoe. Then he got out a rake and started to creates some rows in the dirt. I wasn't even thinking about a garden, but when he went and got his bag full of seeds, I asked him what he was doing.
He's been growing beans and other plants in cups inside the house all winter long. He really likes to see plants grow and family has been giving him seed packets to try out.
He told me that he's starting a garden. I had a few sacks of starter mix and potting soil, but no fertilizer. I had just put the grapple on the backhoe, so I used it to break up the soil a little better for him. Then we dumped the sacks of starter and top soil onto the ground. I told him to mix it all up and I went to Lowes to get him some fertilizer and tomato plants.
We had tried to grow a garden last year, but nothing came up, so I knew we needed to do something to the soil this time. Peyton spread the fertilizer and mixed it all in. Then I helped him make some rows with a shovel, while he helped with another shovel. Then I told him to plant whatever he wanted, where ever he wanted it. It's his garden, so he gets to decided.
Every day after school, he goes straight to his garden and looks for changes. Then he waters it. Last week, he found a baby green tomato growing and got all excited. Said "Now I'm a farmer!!!!" Today, there's about two dozen tomatoes and three zucchini starting to grow. We still don't know what all he planted, but he says he knows. He's 8 years old and having way too much fun seeing the changes in his plants.
Eddie
