Not so Chronological After All

Yes, at the beginning, when I had this blogging idea, probably many months ago, I wanted to be extremely organized about show the progression of things. How one box became two, three, four and then we took over the lawn. There were more trees, then sun chokes, we added an herb box, chickens and bees joined in! But alas, I don't think it will work that way after all.


Thanks to the photographs I will be able to show some of the chronological progression, but I have decided to write about what the latest project is and what I am most excited about. Otherwise, this blog will slowly fade away. Being excited=productivity. I have gotten extremely excited about growing food and the garden production has increased severely. This is a sample of one of the weekly harvests this summer (sweet peas, blackberries, eggs, strawberries, figs, plums, radishes):

Yesterday I visited family in Palo Alto, they had three boxes ready to be planted. The one who was the most excited about the planting was my 6 year old cousin. He jumped up and down we we arrived because he was ready to plant some seeds. We evened out the dirt, decided what plant was going to go with what, thanks to John Jeavons and his handly book!, and all of us (6 year old cousin, 10 year old cousin and her friend, uncle, aunt, boyfriend, my mother and I) found our role in the planting and got to it. Hopefully the next time I visit there are lots of little sprouts on these beds.

Gardening with kids was one of the most amazing things, they are so fascinated by the magic of seeds and plants. Everything is exciting to them and, even in our fast paced computer driven society, they learn to be patient and get excited about what those seeds with turn into.

This morning harvest, will make for delicious celery, carrot and apple juice tomorrow morning!