tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post2339059680363031722..comments2023-05-29T05:37:29.974-04:00Comments on Life After Rowangarth Farm: KinderGARDENS week 6 - New planfiona@fionacampbell.cahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09455351263890165906noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-24791407073731621542010-05-21T09:37:35.240-04:002010-05-21T09:37:35.240-04:00Jules -- thanks! Oh, I'd love to hear about yo...Jules -- thanks! Oh, I'd love to hear about your preserving garden!! Ella and I just planted some sweet peas yesterday and we'll be putting the rest of the garden in this weekend. I love the names of the varieties in the kids' garden -- so fun!<br /><br />Xan -- thanks for visiting! My daughter wants to grow beans and my son has chosen morning glories, so it will be a glorious green fiona@fionacampbell.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455351263890165906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-9290037712212626092010-05-21T09:26:40.798-04:002010-05-21T09:26:40.798-04:00I've got a trellis gate shaped like a teepee. ...I've got a trellis gate shaped like a teepee. Grew beans up it last year, and kids that visited my garden loved it. Will yours be "skin" covered, or will you plant something up it?Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-21098967303409673092010-05-20T22:56:11.504-04:002010-05-20T22:56:11.504-04:00Fiona, Love your blog...fun to read! I, too, hav...Fiona, Love your blog...fun to read! I, too, have a big kiddie tipi smack dab in the middle of my kitchen garden outside my front door (the big productive preserving garden is across our creek and field and I am a wee bit more uptight about what is picked out there!) The children grow whatever they want in it and so far, they are SOOO into gardening with me. This year we are growing it with Juleshttp://alittlecraftynest.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-32239650820721936002010-05-20T21:49:26.923-04:002010-05-20T21:49:26.923-04:00Cathryn -- I think you're right! I tend to ove...Cathryn -- I think you're right! I tend to over-complicated projects (and have WAY to long a 'to do' list) but I figure we spend so much time in the vegetable garden already, now we'll be working on common projects together!<br /><br />Dawn -- thanks! You don't sound like a wimp to me -- you just sound like someone with great intentions for her kids who has some challenges fiona@fionacampbell.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455351263890165906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-71818041073551209672010-05-20T21:16:55.177-04:002010-05-20T21:16:55.177-04:00What a fantastic teepee! It is just begging for po...What a fantastic teepee! It is just begging for pole beans! :) I don't have the same perspective as you on the gardening, since I'm allergic to everything outdoors and I'm a wimp when it comes to any hot weather... I NEED someone to keep ME going out there! But I want to be out there, and I want my kids to learn to enjoy gardening too. Your garden looks great so far!Dawn @ 5 Kids and a Doghttp://www.5kidsandadog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-8981569587558033392010-05-20T19:47:48.350-04:002010-05-20T19:47:48.350-04:00Good thinking, keep it managable and then it will ...Good thinking, keep it managable and then it will actually happen. Also, you and the kids will be in the same place gardening and undoubtedly more work will get done!!<br /><br />Great photos!Cathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286142983409557379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-43116182683201440402010-05-20T15:21:54.745-04:002010-05-20T15:21:54.745-04:00Kim -- thanks! And thanks for linking this post!
...Kim -- thanks! And thanks for linking this post! <br />Signed, the technolically-challenged one.<br /><br />Mama Pea -- you're so right! They are quite happy working alongside me... usually! I had good intentions, setting up the teepee in the field and giving them their "own" garden space, but moving INTO the garden was as much for me as it was for them. I tend to be a bit too fiona@fionacampbell.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455351263890165906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-21146336144841891212010-05-20T14:34:02.622-04:002010-05-20T14:34:02.622-04:00Another good part of all this is that you will all...Another good part of all this is that you will all be working in the garden TOGETHER, in the same spot! I would think that the kiddlies would be more apt to putter in their garden space right along with mom puttering in hers. Great idea! It'll probably make them feel more like theirs is a REAL garden, too, because it's part of the real garden. (Hmmm, there must have been a better way Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-19992365748849403472010-05-20T14:26:55.827-04:002010-05-20T14:26:55.827-04:00AMEN! Yes, yes...I tend to try to make my garden ...AMEN! Yes, yes...I tend to try to make my garden the same battlefield against the evils of chemical laden imported food too!<br /><br />You have completely summed up the reason for our kinderGARDEN series...great post!<br /><br />I put this post in the link party...Kiminadvertent farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383463809397445258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-13493839168966049572010-05-20T12:50:55.928-04:002010-05-20T12:50:55.928-04:00Erin -- thanks! And just so you know, the way you ...Erin -- thanks! And just so you know, the way you include your kids in the garden and make it FUN is such an inspiration to me :)<br /><br />Laura -- I too have the same problem, with everything! I can turn baking cookies into a political action!! And thanks for the kind words re the garden -- it's come a long way... and there's still a long way to go!fiona@fionacampbell.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455351263890165906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-47636170055212975352010-05-20T12:13:38.830-04:002010-05-20T12:13:38.830-04:00Love your confessions of turning your garden into ...Love your confessions of turning your garden into political/social/environmental issues. I have the same problem. With everything. Which detergent I use, dryer vs. clothes line, wood stove vs. electric, local vs. regional produce, heirloom seeds vs. Monsanto-is-the devil.... It just goes on and on. Thank you for sharing your mental acuity with us, and love the garden pics! Your layout gives Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484860057974226820.post-76575627398225595812010-05-20T09:54:56.689-04:002010-05-20T09:54:56.689-04:00Good for you! I love it when you say "part o...Good for you! I love it when you say "part of the garden, not separate" - it's the way it should be, even if it's a struggle to look the other way when part of your garden is tended by the less than professional little people - I should know, LOL!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.com