Our neighbor, Mrs. Collier was an avid gardener. I coveted her yard. She had many varieties of flowers in her yard. I loved the creeping phlox that grew on the hillside over the rocks by her driveway. We used her yard as a backdrop for Easter pictures when her azaleas were blooming. If we ever had a science project, we would head to her house and she would help us gather leaves and seed varieties of everything that grew there. On many occasions we would pick her irises on our walk to the bus stop and sometimes traded them for a little change to a few to my friends in elementary school (BTW, I've repented of that trangression) :)
Anywho, this got us in the mood to play in the dirt. We went to the local home center and picked up some plants and soil. We made a small garden and spruced up our containers with new flowers. The kids picked out lavender plants. They call them perfume plants. The kids love to garden. They find great joy in seeing something that they planted and water grow and make flowers and fruit.
Everyday afterschool, they jump out of the car to water the garden.
They each got a strawberry plant. The kids say they taste better and sweeter than the ones at the store. Doesn't everything taste better homemade? :)
Emma and I have been watching the trees in the yard. Pink blossoms popped out all over the branches. When they fell off and the leaves grew in, we noticed :
We Have Peach Trees!
The kids and I were licking our lips thinking about all the wonderful things we could make and bake with these babies. Oh, Please let there be an abundance of fruit!
We are definitely enjoying the warmer weather.
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