Post by braided-rug on Oct 18, 2007 10:59:28 GMT 10
Owning the Time excerpt from Farm-Garden website.
"As a stay-at-home mom with two young children, life is very busy. Gardening has always been something I dreamed of doing but have either not owned the yard or the time. The yard came two years ago when we bought our first home with plenty of room for a garden. Owning the time came much later.
I have come to terms with the fact that owning my time is a matter of priorities and organization and I have to make time for the things I love. There is something so precious about watching life and growth unfold right before your very eyes, not only in your garden but also in your children. This summer, thanks to a few “leftover” plants from my mom’s garden, I had the opportunity to watch a little of both.
I enlisted the help of my 3½ year old daughter to put our tiny green bell pepper plants in a large container pot by our sunny front door. She jumped at the chance for a new adventure, especially one that involved playing in the dirt. She loved filling the pot with soil, grabbing huge armfuls of dirt and throwing them in. Her dirt-smeared smile said it all as she got to use her very own spade to make holes for our little “belles.” Her small hands were so gentle with each plant as we talked about how they would grow taller and eventually make yummy peppers for our salads and suppertime meals.
Almost every day she helped me water them, and over time we began to see the fruits of our labor, or shall I say, little vegetables. Our plants did grow tall and blossomed with small and delicate white flowers. Then one day I noticed the first tiny pepper growing where a flower had been. Excitedly, I pointed it out to my daughter and we did a dance right there on the front porch. As we found other peppers growing, I tried to explain the process of pollination in three year old terms. After listening to me intently, she finally asked, “So, which one is the mommy pepper?” Oh, what a precious time it is to garden with my daughter..."
Read on:
www.farm-garden.com/flower_gardener/owning_the_time
A very interesting site.
"As a stay-at-home mom with two young children, life is very busy. Gardening has always been something I dreamed of doing but have either not owned the yard or the time. The yard came two years ago when we bought our first home with plenty of room for a garden. Owning the time came much later.
I have come to terms with the fact that owning my time is a matter of priorities and organization and I have to make time for the things I love. There is something so precious about watching life and growth unfold right before your very eyes, not only in your garden but also in your children. This summer, thanks to a few “leftover” plants from my mom’s garden, I had the opportunity to watch a little of both.
I enlisted the help of my 3½ year old daughter to put our tiny green bell pepper plants in a large container pot by our sunny front door. She jumped at the chance for a new adventure, especially one that involved playing in the dirt. She loved filling the pot with soil, grabbing huge armfuls of dirt and throwing them in. Her dirt-smeared smile said it all as she got to use her very own spade to make holes for our little “belles.” Her small hands were so gentle with each plant as we talked about how they would grow taller and eventually make yummy peppers for our salads and suppertime meals.
Almost every day she helped me water them, and over time we began to see the fruits of our labor, or shall I say, little vegetables. Our plants did grow tall and blossomed with small and delicate white flowers. Then one day I noticed the first tiny pepper growing where a flower had been. Excitedly, I pointed it out to my daughter and we did a dance right there on the front porch. As we found other peppers growing, I tried to explain the process of pollination in three year old terms. After listening to me intently, she finally asked, “So, which one is the mommy pepper?” Oh, what a precious time it is to garden with my daughter..."
Read on:
www.farm-garden.com/flower_gardener/owning_the_time
A very interesting site.