Cultivating the Garden Within

The weekend weather was wonderful and our deck was plant-less. So, the family embarked on a plant purchasing mission to the Market to rectify that, but needed to make a few stops along the way. Fortunately, we had access to Grandpa Mike's little red wagon and a little helper eager to get our garden growing.

MOMENT: Wagoner and Waterer

"Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration."
- Lou Erickson

This quote is very true - our little gardener was eager to do physical work for our garden and make use of the watering cans. He wanted no assistance in pulling the wagon the entire way to the Market (with a few added detours), for filling it up, nor for pulling the plant-filled wagon home. Indeed, he worked hard for this garden to happen. He also assisted with the planting of our garden, which involved a great deal of watering and some seed planting. We now have many healthy, albeit very wet plants, to show for it! We figure that Ralph Waldo Emerson had it right when he said "the Earth laughs in flowers" because we did have a great time together building our garden.