Sowing Our Seeds
Stephanie and Jake... for those of you concerned about Jake eating dirt, read this article 
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27brod.html
Every weekend for the last few weeks we have had plans to go to the garden and plant the seeds we were going to sow outdoors that can withstand a few frosts (that includes our parsnips, turnips, onions, and lettuce). But every weekend we have either had company or it has snowed… a lot. Back in February, I created a spreadsheet for the garden with dates for when we should be planting everything, and boy are we behind. Not only that, but we had already tried to start onions from seeds indoors (you may remember that our Tropeana Lunga onions were doing great and the Gold Princess onions had not sprouted at all). Well, a few of the Gold Princess onions finally sprouted and then promptly died, and the Tropeana Lunga onions all finally died as well, I think if we had transplanted them outside sooner they would have done better.
So last night Jeremy, Jacob, and I packed up our seeds and gardening supplies and headed over to our garden plot at Kerr Community Gardens.
Jake and Jeremy planting seeds
We have a water hookup that takes up space in our plot for a drip irrigation system, which I did not account for when I originally drew up the plans, so I had to move a few things around. But we did get both kinds of onions planted and have a spot for green onions as well. We planted parsnips, turnips, and two patches for lettuce mixes. And, my mother-in-law’s friend Linda was very nice and gave us a bunch of Iris bulb’s that were her mother’s for our garden and we planted those in our patch for flowers.
Baby in the garden
Hopefully, our seeds will take, the soil was moist but not sopping wet and it is supposed to be gorgeous outside all week. I’ll go over in a few days and check on things and give them some more water. And maybe we’ll have some sprouts in a week or so, if all goes as planned!
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April 21st, 2009 at 11:23 am
Steph, it looks like you guys are growing some really cute Jakes in your garden. They appear very healthy and happy. Can I have one when they are ripe for picking?
April 21st, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Angie – Well, I have a feeling we will only have the one you see sprouting, but if we grow anymore I’ll save the first one for you!
April 21st, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Love, love, love the pictures of Jake. Too cute!
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:44 am
Jake is adorable
Looks like he is already a big help! Well, more at digging than planting!
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:02 am
Ha, yes he and the dog both love to dig and eat dirt!
I need to get him a little toy shovel but I think he’s still a little to young for it.
April 25th, 2009 at 4:25 am
I read that NY Times articlele too – good to know it's okay not to be a total germ nazi mom! I'm so jealous of your awesome garden! I'm also jealous of your well-tempered child that it looks like you can leave alone for two minutes without insane shrieking ensuing . . .
April 25th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Don't let him fool you in the picture, he's only happy when he's eating dirt or being held. It's currently 3am and he only wants to play with his giraffe. Sleeping is for babies and he's not a baby!
April 25th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Jake is getting so big. Nice to see him playing in the dirt. Congrads on your earth appeal. It looks somewhat like you were planting Jake too. (up to his neck- nice camera angle). Cant wait to see him in person.
April 27th, 2009 at 4:10 am
Hey Karen, glad to see you found our blog. Yes, he is getting so big, I can hardly believe it, who knows how big he'll be the next time we see you! Hope you all are well!
May 12th, 2009 at 9:17 am
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