365 Days of Bliss – Day 11: Sowing ‘n growing
Hi! Sara here with a nice random post about life in the Lively household.
Over the past couple of weeks, our son, Alex & I have been sowing seeds – just on a small scale – together. It combines three of his favourite things: water, mud & telling his mother what to do!
We do have a small garden, but its covered in chipped bark to provide a soft landing for my over-adventurous boy below his climbing frame and trampoline! …hence we have plant pots, hanging baskets & even more pots on window sills, though fewer this year than usual as we’re going on vacation to the US in the middle of the Summer (visiting my Aunt & family in Ohio – can’t wait!!).
To compensate for the lack of homegrown produce this year, we’re planning to go to a pick-your-own farm in June as I have a need to make Strawberry jam (jelly?), using my darling Grandma’s jam pan – she died in February & I miss her so much. There is simply nothing like homemade jam on top of warm home-baked scones (I think you call them biscuits in the States).
Anyway… in the last few weeks we’ve sowed pumpkin, lettuce, tomato & alpine strawberry seeds, plus potatoes, and pretty purple violas. Alex usually likes to ‘instruct’ me when we do a project together; be it baking, planting, building Lego or a snowman, you name it. Its very funny to hear him use his ‘teachers’ voice – after all he is only 8, but even still, there’s no messing about when Master Lively is in charge 😉
Its wonderful to see his pleasure in planning teeny seeds seeing them grow into something wonderful – its still magic & not simply nature to him.
..I know – its kind of strange me doing a LO, but I was in the mood – and had a lot of help from Cindy’s template, Penny’s frame clusters & Jenn’s kit to name a few 🙂
Finally I just had to show you a pic or two of our roses,which smell just like roses should, but so often don’t today. Pity the picture isn’t like the scratch ‘n smell ones in kids magazines – the perfume is that amazing 🙂
So tell me: how does your garden grow?? 😉
Wishing you a lovely day,
Sara
Mizamylou said...
on May 11th, 2011 at 9:26 am
GORGEOUS roses! I do wish I could smell them. And you’ve inspired me to try again with planting some seeds and things with my kids .. a weekend project.