My Mom’s a #1 Backyard Mama!
June 27th, 2010 | Author: Shannon
Today I honor my mother for it’s her birthday and she has spent a lifetime planting seeds of encouragement, faith, joy, wonder, peas, carrots, broccoli and more… so:
Happy Birthday Mom!
It doesn’t surprise me that her birthday is right after the Great Backyard Campout…. she is a top of the line “nature nut”.
Today we removed some of our “old” peas- the ones that have turned yellow and wilted- and we’re ready to plant more beans!
Here’s our garden last week:
The flowers are stunning!
The lavender is in full bloom and smells wonderful!
Butterfly weed- a butterfly attractor that has such a wonderful orange color!
Echinacea, a beautiful medicinal herb and delightful flower for any backyard garden!
Gardening with kids is a great way to teach colors, textures, shapes, responsibility, and even some physics.
Here’s our cucumber tipi we’ll see if it’s strong enough for all these cukes!
Gardening isn’t just about results.
It’s about spending time outside, sharing food, getting excited about the colors, shapes, and sizes of the seeds, being careful and caring and remembering to water the seeds so they will grow.
There’s an African proverb:
If you can talk you can sing and if you can walk you can dance.
I believe, if you can eat you can grow food.
Head out today and plant some beans or chard or kale. Then get a bucket or a watering can or an old milk jug and show your child any age, how to water those seeds- have faith and trust and encouragement- and let that child and those seeds GROW.
Good luck and let me know how your garden’s going! ~ The Backyard Mama
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4 Responses to “My Mom’s a #1 Backyard Mama!”
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Wishing your mother a Happy Birthday.
Lovely post Shannon. Love your cucumber tipi.
Here’s to Mothers!!!!
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many thanks you cant be a mom without a kid, it is great being your mom
thaks shannon you can’t be a mom without a kid, thanks for coming to me, kiddo
Hi Shannon,
What a beautiful tribute to your mom! Her influence is certainly embedded in your garden and your values. It’s great to see you again, too. The garden looks wonderful and it sounds like you’re having a lot of good outdoor fun.
I think about my mom a lot while gardening and outside. I wrote about her influence on me here: http://suzlipman.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/moms-gifts-of-nature/
Take care!