Gardening...Buying Seeds! & Sewing for Boys

Gardening

Thoughts of gardening sparks so much excitement...you want to run to the store and purchase those seed packs or sproutlings with not any real plan but this time...we planned! So many steps to get 'ready' to garden. Finally we had the 'fun' trip this week. The kids were truly excited to finally go and pick out what we wanted to grow. Of course ahead of time, each member of the family wrote their list with what they wanted. We agree'd this year being our first year would be a small start and each year we would add on more. List in hand we ventured to Home Depot, Walmart, Lowe's.....I think we are nearly ready...We also found a fun kit to use indoors for science with the kids!

 Some of the items on our list:
Strawberries, Carrots, Artichokes, Zucchini, Squash, Snap Pea's, Lettuce, Spinach, Corn, Watermelon, Cantaloupe! and several more I'm forgetting! Strawberries we got in hanging baskets and the spreading vine plants like the watermelon and squash are going in the back field to spread out as for the rest, into the container gardens they go! It seems to be coming together, our well also finally got fixed today, so the gardens can now be watered and irrigated properly.

The kids were very intrigued by some unique flowers, plants and vegetables they found! Which has lead us to our plant studies, soil, sun, cactus's for our son, and moving into butterflies and insects as well...books and a wooden puzzle insect project....

Sewing

Last year my daughter and I showed my son how to sew by hand. He sewed a little pouch for his beloved guinea pig as his first sewing project. Our daughter has always loved to sew...whether it be doll clothes, sock animals, her own clothing, anything really. Our 4 H was to have a 'Green' meeting for St. Patrick's day so she went to work, sewing her own dress which sparked our son to inquire about the use of the sewing machine, a few tries and he was a master and had sewn a bag and several pouches for several different toys in a matter of minutes! Now he claims he wants his own sewing machine for his birthday so he doesn't have to share hers! Happy that he loved this, boys need to have those skills too!

 The green dress she sewed and put together from a long women's robe. She has several friends and family saving her old clothing and material for re-fashion's and sewing projects! And our little guy working away!