Garden Joys

I enjoy having the kids work beside me in the garden, pulling weeds and hauling them to the chickens. It provides for some neat teaching opportunities. This year I decided Hudson and Dalanie were old enough to have their own plots. They planted them and have been responsible for getting them weeded.
Hudson planted some pumpkins in the bottom of a deep hole. I told him they would never grow. He sobbed "I'm a horrible gardener! I don't know how to plant them." It was a good reminder that even though they have helped plant in the past, they still need some help. And then there are some that refuse help and plant their peas side by side.
You can see from the face, he was very upset with how overgrown his garden had become.They will volunteer to pick their peas or cuts some of their lettuce for dinner.