First Strawberry

The girls were excited to pick our first strawberries today.

 

They weren't very big, but it was fun and they tasted pretty good:-)

Container Garden

Today we planted our container garden.  This morning we went out and bought pots and plants.

 This afternoon we got to work getting everything planted.

 Everyone had a great time doing the planting.

 Cadence almost killed the herbs!  She would put in a shovel of dirt and then use the shovel to pat down the dirt.  Unfortunately, she wasn't a very good aim, so she patted down more than the plants.

We're pretty new at this whole gardening thing, so we will see how it goes:-)

Lyric is a Gardner

I've seen a few places around the internet where you can grow green onions by just placing their stems in water.  Lyric is always asking Devon and I to save her seeds when we are cooking, so I knew she would be into it.  We just save some green onion stems and put them in a jar of water.

 You could see the new growth after just a couple of days.

 She's a proud little gardener:-)

Gardening

We decided to plant the garden today. Daddy, Lyric and Cadence were the gardeners today. I was photographer and Story was busy playing on the computer.

You know gardening is messy work and apparently Baby Cadence was afraid she may get her clothes dirty.She was able to help out and have her mind on the gardening and not have to think about if she was getting dirt on her clothes. She may have even got a slight tan on that little white tushy.

Gardening

We decided to start a garden. This is something we have never done, so it should be interesting to see what happens. Devon and the girls did some hoeing this evening. Just so you know, they all picked out their own clothes to complete this task. There was no help from mom or dad. Lyric chose to go with capri pants with a t-shirt that has a flower on the front and says grow (very fitting for the occasion). Cadence has on pajama bottoms and a hat (must protect that little head from the sun--apparently that cute little belly needed some color). Story Bell thinks gardening is a dress up affair; she decided to go with some pants and a shirt (the child never wears clothes, but for gardening one must be dressed and dressed nice at that!).

Along with the vegetable garden the girls and I decided we wanted to plant a sunflower garden along the fence. There was lots of work that needed to be done in this spot. The girls put the John Deer to good use this day. They hauled weeds and rocks. Wilbur, Lyric's new pig, went along for the ride. [To Grammy: Yes, mother I know they all three shouldn't be riding in it, but they make themselves fit and it is just so darn cute!] Everyone got to throw some of the sunflower seeds out.Everyone got a turn to rake. Everyone got a turn to water. Now we get to wait and see if they grow...