Remembering Green Thumbs...

On Memorial Day, it was a tradition for Nana to put in her garden growing up. When we were visiting for Memorial Day, she continued this planting tradition- one that I started when we had our house in Ohio as well - with the girls. They each were in charge of planting a pot that stays on her porch throughout the year. However, being in AZ has slighted them I believe. They can't play in the dirt a lot out here, because of things that 'be', so Eva who had been my excited little garden girl, was totally grossed out by getting 'dirty'.

Chloe who had played for hours in our garden and who would come in with dirt up to her elbows, smears on her face, and caked on her sandals or bare toes, was now much more 'proper' and couldn't be bothered to touch something without the magic glove that Nana gave her to use. However, with some mommy and Nana help both girls took their buckets and turned them into floral beauties!

This is such a Chloe pose!

This was Eva and her pot. I'm not exactly how much she actually planted due to her cleanliness issue, but she's sure excited it turned out great!

I've started tomato plants and pepper plants out here, from gardenerschoice.com. We will probably plant them when we move into our new house in town!

OH-yes... we are moving into town.. 20 miles closer to the city. I'm totally jazzed. Apparently, our new subdivision, which has a concrete wall around it, with each yard walled as well, has little to rare run-ins with the 'rattlers' as we call them out here. So, I'll be blogging more about that wonderful event soon. Please pray for a understanding heart from the current rental owner. They are being rather aloof about the consequences for terminating the lease early, which to my experience is never good. My new rental co., is so nice they are already talking about a patch of grass for the girls in the backyard! What a wonderful improvement!