Jacob's Garden

Jacob wants to plant a garden this year. The idea came to him after our attempt to save pumpkin seeds from last year's Jack-o-Lanterns. That didn't work out so well--apparently the seeds need to be completely and totally dried out prior to sealing them up in a ziploc bag for safe keeping. The mass of moldy seeds didn't make it past Thanksgiving but the idea stuck. So Monday morning Jacob and I went down to one of the local garden stores. We picked up a mini green house type thing to start the seeds in and Jacob picked out a variety of seeds.

This is the day we planted them. Exciting, isn't it?


A "Sprout Watch" has been incorporated into Jacob's morning routine--just before sitting down with his sippy cup of warm chocolate milk. His patience was rewarded this morning--wee tiny little beet sprouts and sunflower sprouts have made their appearance. The mixed peppers and heirloom tomatoes have yet to burst forth in sprouts. Hopefully by the time they're all ready to go outside we would have figured out where in the backyard to plant them. I'm leaning towards the idea of a modified container garden...