the garden... and the mud

We decided it was time to plant our garden. We headed to the local nursery and picked out some of our favorites. Potatoes, tomatoes (Kyle loves 'em on sandwiches, I prefer mine in salsa), onions, jalapenos, bell peppers, squash, zucchini, cilantro, basil, beans.... and, just for Kyle... peanuts.  He's so excited to boil them... reminds him of his mission.  (reminds me of a time that I vomited, but... to each his own).

I'm excited to make homemade salsa.  Last year we bought multiple jalapeno plants and I didn't find out until later that they yield an enormous amount of jalapenos per plant.  This year the plan was to only buy two, but the nursery would only sell in 6 packs... so we'll be up to our ears in jalapenos.  I'll have to learn to make jelly... and poppers.  And lots of salsa.

Then there's the zucchini... apparently they only sell those in 6 packs as well... so anyone can lay claim on the extra zucchini, cause there will be plenty to go around.

We brought our plants home and started getting the garden ready.  Kyle was getting ready weeks ago; he can't wait for those ripe tomatoes. So, he already had a few holes dug to place his tomatoes in.
But, after some careful planning, we decided to plant the tomatoes in slightly different places. As a result, we couldn't use the holes he had previously dug, so we had to fill them back up with some of the rocks and dirt we pulled out of other holes.  After they were full, Kyle put the water on them to make them more compact... and this is where the fun really began.

water + dirt = mud

mud + my 2 boys = fun/laundry

Porter had fun throwing rocks into the pile of mud while the ratio of water to dirt was very high.  It made huge splashes and ended up covering his face.

After the ratio evened out a little, they both would submerge their arms and legs in the mud... making sure that their Momma had plenty of laundry to do that night.

Even though there aren't pictures of the garden... the majority of it did get planted, and it's doing very well. My jalapenos are growing like mad, and the tomatoes are doing really well too.

I think these two like each other... Porter had to have a hat like Daddy's, and he wore it all day long. Followed his Daddy all around the garden helping him out where he could.  It was a nice relaxing day.

Can't wait for the next few weeks to see how this garden all turns out.  Hopefully in a month or so we'll have a blooming garden and lots of veggies to share.