So, this past spring the campers and I spent time planting seeds and watching them grow. A friend of the family had sent us pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. We planted half of that tray with pumpkin seeds and the other half with the sunflower seeds. Then covered the tray with plastic wrap and checked daily for growth. As they started to grow the campers charted how quickly they were growing, the temperature, if the plants were still inside or had been transplanted outside yet, and more.
This got the girls especially interested in the garden and if we could actually grow vegetables and flowers. They spent hour after hour, day after day, working in the little garden. Pulling weeds, propping the tomato plants up with sticks, even adding worms to the dirt!
They watched all summer long while tomato plants wilted and died out because I'd chosen too shady of a spot for the plants to grow properly but they did get one tomato! Those beautiful pumpkin plants wilted away too until we only have one that is still struggling to grow and has yet to do more than produce flowers. Our strawberries that we planted got eaten by the local deer population. And our sunflowers, though tall, have no flowers.
You would think with all of these setbacks that the campers would be upset. But, instead they're working on plans for next year's garden. Insisting that when we move the mobile home that we make sure we have a good spot with plenty of sunshine for their plants. I'm more than willing to accomidate them in this matter because I love to garden. I know that sometime this winter they'll be planning what we need to plant, how many of each thing, and come spring time they'll be plotting a new garden out with me. I'm looking forward to planning next year's garden with them and seeing if we can do better than we did this year! |
| Surviving tomato plant |
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| Surviving pumpkin plant |
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| Our little sunflower stalks |
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