This happened in the garden
“Boys, come out and look at the cantaloupes–we have two the size of baseballs!”
“Woah–they’re huge!”
“Aren’t they cute?”
“Mommy, aren’t we going to eat them?”
“Yes, when they get bigger.”
“Then don’t call them cute.”
“Why not . . . they are cute. Just look at them!”
“You can’t call them cute if we’re going to eat them.”
“Yeah, Mommy, get a grip. They aren’t your babies, you know. You’re really getting too attached to your vegetables!
It always makes me smile to go out and check the progress in our garden each day. There’s something new to discover each time. The boys are enchanted as they see actual results of all of our dirty work. (They are a little attached to them, too.)
We are such novices–many seasoned gardeners have told us all the things we’ve done wrong with this garden, but it sure it pretty, and most of our plants are thriving, so I think we’ll stick with it.
Salsa harvest
Your garden looks great! I love the cantaloupes…. haven’t tried growing them.. yet!
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~ Ellen
I can hear those boys saying all those things! And..your garden looks amazing! Can’t wait to see you guys!
Oh your beautiful garden is making me drool! It feels like about 150 degrees here in the shade! we have to stay in the air or in the water (of course we are the camping crazies- but I do bring fans!)
It’s so tempting – I’ve gotta figure out a way to bump up our gardening!!!
The first thing on my bucket list this summer is to create a kitchen garden. Yours is just beautiful.
Thanks for sharing this with us.