Our new Garden

It's been a nice warm end of winter this year. Many of the trees are already blooming and there have been lots of sunny days to tease us. Several of my friends have begun to plant their gardens, and that has inspired me to start ours too. Usually we get starter plants, but I figured we could try to do everything by seeds this year because we are prepared and have plenty of time. Things just seem more magical when you plant them from seeds too...so I'm glad we are going that route =)

In mid February my friend Jenny had a "seed blessing" ceremony at her house. She gathered some friends and we all got to plant some seeds, and when we did we also wrote wishes on paper and planted it in the pots to grow along with the plants. It was a beautiful celebration where she had friends read blessings for air, fire, water and earth. We blessed her soil and all of our little seeds that we planted. Adelaide had fun with her friends and I thought it was nice to celebrate the upcoming growing season. Here is a picture of some of our seeds on the little table to be blessed.


Yesterday I had completed my research and figured out what I was going to plant straight into the garden, and what needed to be started indoors and moved out once it gets warmer. It was a nice sunny day, a little chilly, but still nice out, and Adelaide and I got started. I really wish I had pictures of her pulling all of the labels out of the bag and scattering them all over the lawn. At one point I looked down because she was so quiet and she was sitting in the dirt taking off her pants???? She is so silly, but I'm glad she was having fun with me.
Myles took some pictures of me while Adelaide was napping. Here is the beginnings of what we hope to be a very prosperous growing season!
I was sure to add the "blessed" soil to the garden as well.

Myles also started some seeds in his pots. He is much more organized than I!
And then today I got some plastic to put over the box to create a bit of a green house. As I put it on there it began to hail like crazy!!! That was great timing on the garden cover, and they are now saying it's supposed to snow tomorrow, so hopefully things will still work out. Yikes!!!

Oh - and one more thing....in case you were wondering - Adelaide is still OBSESSED with bike helmets. Here she is with mine.