Children's Garden

Today the community center here on base did an event called the Children's Garden. All the yards here on base are professionally landscaped and cared for by the base. We are not allowed to plant things in our own yard, but then we don't have to mow either so it's a trade-off. For those who have a green thumb and wish to foster it, the base has supplied a small garden area in which you can reserve a small plot of land to plant and tend to flowers or vegetables. For those of us who don't have a green thumb but are always looking for ways to keep the kids busy, they do a Children's Garden. We reserved a spot and went to plant seeds for flowers and vegetables which they supplied. There was even a horticulturist on hand for those of us who need help :)

The kids got to color signs to mark their seeds.

and plant some seeds in small pots to take home and watch grow.

They supplied plastic shovels so the kids could dig a hole for their seeds

Here we are after we planted all of our spinach seeds!

And finally, they had nice healthy snacks of fruits and vegetables!

It was beautiful weather this morning and the kids had fun. Apparently we get to go back and harvest in a few months. We don't have to worry about it until then -- the base landscapers will tend to it (which is probably for the best if they've ever seen my gardening skills). They're not leaving anything to chance, I noticed as we were leaving the community center that they were planting some mature plants in with all the seeds we planted. Clara's so excited about gardening now, so I may have to get a plot in the regular garden so she can actually get the full experience of caring for the plants and then getting to eat fresh fruits/vegetables. Jonathan would love it if we did strawberries! Maybe I could even learn to make my own jam like my mom used to! Yum!