A Day at the Greenhouse!

We had an awesome trip to Klinger's Farm Market yesterday. It's a place that centers both Ryan and I. We wandered through flowers, bushes, plants and trees. Ryan was buying plants, seeds and gardening tools for his raised planting beds and boy, did he buy!

He's planting radishes, carrots, green beans, peas, cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce. We also bought onion sets and flowers for the beds. He wanted a gentle shower type watering tool that set us back about $20 but he was so taken with it I couldn't say no. I know ... he's probably spoiled. Don't we all overindulge our kids when they take such an over the top liking to something?

So, today we plant! We're even putting in the tomatoes already. We'll just have to cover them if we get cold weather. Ryan bought 3 cherry tomato plants and 3 large ones, Big Boy, Early Girl and Heritage. I hope they do well. It'll be fun to teach him how to wrap the stems with newspaper to prevent cutworm, although I don't know if cutworm is such a problem in raised beds. Worth doing though, I think.

I cannot tell you all the ways that Gardening is good for a person! In fact, I believe I'll write my column on it this month. Look for more in my column Life on the Exceptional Side in Family Times Newsmagazine June and July issue.

See you tomorrow!

Much love and joy!

Karen