garden news-let them enjoy it

GARDEN NEWS-LET THEM ENJOY IT

this is the raised garden we put in at ms b and mr hudsons house
its about 4 ft x 8 ft
its two rows of stacked concrete blocks
the soil at the bottom is old lumber and pieces of logs and branches and leaves and cardboard and newspapers with the original soil from their other raised bed along with a lot of compost from their compost bin and from our community garden

we have planted in the holes in the concrete blocks
herbs like sage oregano thyme rosemary cilanntro
strawberries all along one side
onions 
carrots

in the bed are
vining sweet peas
lettuce
curly leaf kale
swiss chard

soon we will add cherry tomatoes like sungold and sweet 100

on the day in the picture above 
we started out mr hudson and i to plant some oregano and rosemary i had grown in the greenhouse

then
mr hudson wanted to dig in the garden
so
he got his garden trowel and started digging a hole in a spot that had no veggies

then
it all got organic after that
i got him a bucket of water which he dipped his watering can in 

then
he watered all the plants

then
he filled the hole he dug with water
lots of water

then
he got his portable digger or excavator and dug the hole dipper

then 
his sister ms b showed up
she dug another hole next to his 
the side of it broke and the water from mr hudsons hole flowed into mr bs hole
like a broken dam it would rush down a hill

then
things got dirtier
they began to dig in the what was two mud holes with their hands 
i closely watched to make sure no plants were damaged
they both got covered with mud
now its good organic mud though

then
mr hudson and ms b got their water cannons

then
i got the water hose

then
an all out water battle began
this on a mildly windy sunny but 50 degree weather day

we all got soaked
in the end
mr hudson won the fight 
he was the last man standing
cold
shivering 
with a big ole smile on his face
lets do it again he said

the end result was
a late morning warm soapy bath
with warm clothes put on after the bath

then
off to a park to ride bikes and play and other ventures unknown

if you asked them
do you like to garden with granddaddy 
they would both say yes

another version of organic gardening

the organicgreen doctor