I love firsts. First kiss, first climb, first summit, first 100 mile bike ride…first are fun.
We had a few firsts this weekend, particularly the planting of our first garden. It’s small and while we don’t have big ambitions for it just yet I hope more than anything that the kids realize the joy of planting, caring and then harvesting from a garden.
Even if just one item grows, I’m sure their excitement will be uncontainable. Just looking at the tiny lettuce seeds they were blown away that something so small could produce food. Definitely some life lesson applications to share once it does produce food (fingers crossed).
I also hope it doesn’t yield as many weeds as my parent’s garden did when I was growing up. Ah the angst of “pulling weeds” in that behemoth of a garden. I’m sure my sisters (the two older ones) will recall the joy that was pulling weeds.
We’ve got corn, two kinds of lettuce and watermelon. We’d hoped for more stuff but the space was limited. Perhaps that’s best for this first go around.
First drink from a garden hose on a hot summer day:
First time planting a garden (a small one):
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