Dan loves to plant... anything really, but especially things that later he can harvest and eat! We have miscellaneous pots in the house right now with herbs and flowers that he likes to grow from seed. He keep many different seeds from fruit he eats, or from plants he has liked along the road. So the idea came to transfer these plants growing out of yogurt containers on my window sill to a greenhouse where Dan can grow vegetables of all kinds for our eating pleasure.
The kids of course took a liking to the idea. Dan let them each pick one packet of seeds to plant indoors first. Morgan picked out the yummy cherry tomatoes. Peanut's mouth watered just thinking about his watermelon seeds producing and Micah picked out the green pepper packet... must have liked the picture on the front... So they planted their seeds and had a blast doing it.
But then the work started for Dan. He had to get the backyard ready first. There were trees to remove to make room for some sunlight and then some stumps to take out.
Then, Dan plowed the soil up with a pick, throwing out any unwanted roots. He set up a sturdy 2x4 base and then used PVC for the rest of the frame.
I helped him on the stickier part of getting the plastic up and over the frame and tacking it down.
This evening, Matthias and Dan planted the first few rows of radishes. Peanut just sat himself down in the dirt afterward just waiting for these radishes to pop right out, ready to eat... What a disappointment to find out he would have to wait a little while longer!
Tomorrow, the rest of the seeds get planted. And then my job will begin.... WEEDING!!!!
Liz
