Gardening 101

Inspiration is thin this week. I tire of all the sun and heat. But it means good things. Lots of photosynthesis for our beautiful plants. I'm not a fantastic gardener, tho. Beautiful flowers from the nursery wither in my care. I long for the lush gardens my neighbors have. My children garden with me and love to put plants it. We arrange rocks around each tiny plant to keep it safe from little ones stepping on them. The littler ones love to help me water them. The older ones just want to play when we go outside. I can't seem to keep the excitement alive after the plants are in the ground. So I ask you and beg you for your input. Do you garden with your children? Is it a science project? Will they help you everyday? What do you do to keep them interested in their slow growing garden? Do you plant vegetables, flowers or herbs? How many days in the week do you go out to take care of it? Do you start from seed or potted plants?

Photos to submit: Your garden right now whether it's scraggly, weedy, picked over, or well taken care of.
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Article and photos by Lorien Stevens:
I started gardening in Kindergarten with Jenya. We learned about different plants and how they grew. We used to have packets of mystery seeds that we would plant and see what plants they would grow into. When I started gardening at school there were tons of weeds in the gardening space. We had to dig and pull the weeds out with our hands and than after a couple of days we got some seeds and we planted. Some plants needed lots of water and some plants needed none. There was this plant that we liked to eat called sorrel. Sometimes we would sneak some of it for lunch or during class.
        My favorite thing about gardening is planting and helping others with what they do in the garden.