Author: Joy

It isn’t often I am able to get a picture with all of my kids together. Yes, even the 4-legged furry one. My oldest is just now finishing up high school. He has been doing dual enrollment as well as working a part time job. So, he isn’t here often during the day time hours. Now that summer is here, we are seeing him a little more. So, yesterday when the younger three went and sat under the tree with Trixie, I knew this would be an opportunity to get a picture of all of them together. My oldest agreed and went to sit by his siblings. I am really proud of all of my kids. They are the light of our lives!

Just had to brag a little bit about them! 😉

It isn’t often I am able to get a picture with all of my kids together. Yes, even the 4-legged furry one. My oldest is just now finishing up high school. He has been doing dual enrollment as well as working a part time job. So, he isn’t here often during the day time hours. Now that summer is here, we are seeing him a little more. So, yesterday when the younger three went and sat under the tree with Trixie, I knew this would be an opportunity to get a picture of all of them together. My oldest agreed and went to sit by his siblings. I am really proud of all of my kids. They are the light of our lives!

Just had to brag a little bit about them! 😉

This is the 3rd update of the garden challenge by The Homeschool Village. I had just posted my 2nd update last week, decided to go ahead and post again. There has actually been growth and progress in our little garden.

As you can tell my the pictures, we have had some seeds to sprout up as well as some blooms and fruits/veggies. I am so excited to see the garden doing so well. It won’t be long before we will be eating the fruits of our labor!

I didn’t have the camera set on the right settings, so the pictures didn’t turn out all that well.  The picture below  is of the garden box my husband built.  Right now, it has tomatoes, onions, bell pepper, chives, thyme and oregano in it.

This is another view of the box.  The 4 tomato plants that we have in there are taking over a good portion of the box.  Two of the plants already have tiny tomatoes on it!

You can see 2 of the tomatoes here.

I love bell peppers and I was so excited to see a bloom on one of them already!  I can’t wait for it to fully grow.

In this container, you see onions shooting up.  I also have in the middle of this container another bell pepper plant.

I had to replant my cucumber seeds and they are just now popping up.  It won’t be long before I will be able to put them in the ground.  I am hoping to get enough to make some pickles this year.

We tend to go overboard on tomato plants.  This right here will prove in.  In the picture below, we have some that we sprouted.  There are approximately 72 little ones in the container below.  We will sell some and we will give some to our neighbors.  We are also hoping to grow enough to can and to make some spaghetti sauce this year.  We probably have close to 100 tomato plants.  I just couldn’t get them all in one picture.

I didn’t get any pictures of the candy roaster, watermelon, parsley or coriander that we have planted.  I will have to try and remember to do that on the next update.  Hopefully, by the next update, I will have produce to take pictures of!

I am really proud of how the kids help with the watering and making sure to pick any worms off the plants if they see them.  They know the wonderful tasty benefits of having a garden and enjoy it as much as we do!