Vignettes from the Garden
So DAT has definitely been influenced by his mother's current gardening obsession. I offer these few tales of my kid's gardening prowess. (I think this might be bragging a bit, but it thrills me to no end that he knows so much about gardening at 18 months.)
1. He knows how to plant seeds.
The other day I was trying to get in a fall planting of snap beans. DAT clearly knew what I was up to and insisted in holding the seed packet. After I opened it, he immediately began to carefully put beans in the furrows I had dug and cover them up with dirt without my prompting. I had to work hard to stay ahead of him digging furrows and keep him from planting all the beans in a 1 ft clump at the nearest end of the furrow to him. Very fun, very cute.
2. He knows the garden better than Ikara_fox.
A couple of weeks ago, I sent Ikara_fox out to the garden to pick some parsley for a dish I was making for dinner. DAT, as usual, insisted on going with him. Ikara_fox wasn't sure where I had planted the parsley, so he asks DAT if he knows where the parsley is. Much to the Fox's surprise, DAT leads him right to it and starts picking it.
3. He loves picking tomatoes.
Any time DAT sees the shiny bowl I use for harvesting vegetables, he picks it up, runs to the door, carries it down the back steps with him (if I open the door), and insists on picking any tomato that has a hint of yellow or red on it.
1. He knows how to plant seeds.
The other day I was trying to get in a fall planting of snap beans. DAT clearly knew what I was up to and insisted in holding the seed packet. After I opened it, he immediately began to carefully put beans in the furrows I had dug and cover them up with dirt without my prompting. I had to work hard to stay ahead of him digging furrows and keep him from planting all the beans in a 1 ft clump at the nearest end of the furrow to him. Very fun, very cute.
2. He knows the garden better than Ikara_fox.
A couple of weeks ago, I sent Ikara_fox out to the garden to pick some parsley for a dish I was making for dinner. DAT, as usual, insisted on going with him. Ikara_fox wasn't sure where I had planted the parsley, so he asks DAT if he knows where the parsley is. Much to the Fox's surprise, DAT leads him right to it and starts picking it.
3. He loves picking tomatoes.
Any time DAT sees the shiny bowl I use for harvesting vegetables, he picks it up, runs to the door, carries it down the back steps with him (if I open the door), and insists on picking any tomato that has a hint of yellow or red on it.