Loving this Weather!!!!

Gardening and preparations have officially begun at our house. The whole family gets in on the fun. The boys have spent a lot of time outside playing in the yard, digging in the raised beds, and picking the "bad guys" otherwise known as dandelions. We start seeds indoors in January every year, in the past two weeks all of the seedling have been moved to the three season front porch and are being hardened off with the breeze and the temperature variations. The picture above is of a Rosa Bianca Eggplant that is doing well.

This is the prizewinner so far, this lovely tomato has been growing wonderfully and seems to have a great start on the growing season.

We start saving our plastic and metal containers in the fall every year in order to use them as pots for the seedlings. We could use the same every year, but there is something about saving a yogurt container in December while thinking of the wonderful plant that will take root in the spring.

Lars outgrew his puddle jumpers from last year, and managed to blow a hole in one he wore them so often. We repurposed them into planters for a few sedum varieties, and some pansies for the spring.

This old metal pail had actually rusted spots through in the bottom. Lars and I decided to use it for a planter in the flower garden. We added and Hens and Chicks, I suspect they will tolerate the summer heat well. It is hard to spot, but Quentin found a bird feather in the garden and stuck it next to the rock too. Perfect.

The Tonka jeep was a garage sale find last fall, Quentin decided it should house a pansy for spring. The only way Lars agreed to give up a toy, was knowing that when the heat became too much for the pansy in the summer, we would clean the jeep out and he could play with it again.