Last year Grandpa Snow let Jake take some of his extra bean seeds and plant them along the side of the driveway in the dirt/clay/sand. Not only did they grow, they grew so big that they had to replant them in Grandpa's garden.
I've never been successful with a garden and all I know about gardening is that it's a lot of work but this year Santa decided to let Jake attempt one on his own. Jake received a huge collection of seeds for Christmas and our neighbor up the street came down and dug up a patch for Jake's garden. He also dropped off a few broccoli and eggplant seedlings for Jake. Today Jake and Hannah planted his garden. Who knows if any of it will grow. He put a little bit of everything in and I'm sure none of it was planted at the right time, the right depth, or with the right spacing, but it's his garden and he's just excited to try. It will be interesting to see what comes of it. Especially since right now it consists of sweet corn, sweet peppers, sunflowers, pumpkins, watermelons, peanuts, carrots, tomatoes, sage, and lavender in addition to the aforementioned broccoli and eggplant. The good news is that we're not relying on the garden to feed the family this summer. But who knows, maybe Jake's style of totally random plantings will reap big rewards and we'll open our own farm stand.
Jake also plans on planting radishes and kohlrabi later this summer for when Grandpa is here in August. And, just a heads up to Mom, Jake informed me that Grandma Dena will be making us a pumpkin salad from his garden. Better start looking for recipes Mom.
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