Our garden!

We have a cute little garden now! Granddaddy gave us some plants and seeds, and Dennis (and Oliver!) built some raised beds for us to plant them in. 

It was a super hot, sunny day while they were working, so I set up the water table to help my big girl and baby boy cool off. :-)

Almost finished!

Taking a swing break from working so hard at the water table. :-)

A few days later, they filled in the beds and finished up the planting.

So nice!!! The empty-looking one in front is where Oliver planted his own squash and corn seeds. :-)

So far, we're been able to keep everything alive. Probably because we've been remembering to water, ha ha. Look at the cute baby watermelon!!

 And baby tomatoes! Yay for gardens!

Accidental garden

The kids have always loved to plant different things outside in the dirt.  When Oliver and Buttercup were younger, they would plant twigs, flowers, or whatever else they would find in the yard. (Of course, as they got older, they learned that leaves and sticks won't grow. ;-))  

After they started preschool, they would occasionally bring home a small pot with a seed that they planted at school, and we would remember to water it for a while, but would usually end up forgetting and the plant would die.  

One day last month, Oliver came home from school and told me all of the information he had learned about seeds and plants in the science lab that day. He asked if he could have some beans to plant outside, and I said, "sure!" I wasn't sure what would happen, but it wouldn't hurt anything to try. 

Well, wouldn't you know it? They sprouted!    

He planted them all by himself, in front of the kids' dirt pile. I just think it's really cute how he planted them in a (mostly) straight row. :-)  Great job, Oliver! Now we just have to remember to water them . . .