Gardening On A Sunny Sunday Afternoon

We spent the afternoon on Sunday readying our vegetable garden for Spring.

I've been working on sprouting the seeds in mini- greenhouses in our mudroom for the past few weeks. We have no idea what will grow up here, so we are trying out a little bit of everything; from tomatoes and squash to corn and cantaloupe.

Today, we went out in the yard to start to till the soil and put up the fence to keep the deer from helping themselves to our veggies. Brice did all the hard work (digging the holes for the main fence posts by hand)... and I pulled the kids around in the wagon, helped them dig holes, and went on several hunts through the forest for timber to use for the fence.

The kids were having a blast climbing on the tractor and helping us dig. Landin found a flat rock and used another sharp rock to carve messages for me and Brice in it. I got a rock from Landin that said, "You are the best Mom and I love you." It is now the cornerstone in my garden.

It was hard work, but it was so rewarding spending the afternoon in the sunshine with the family. I can't wait for the garden to be in and for the veggies to start sprouting.

Happy Sunday!