I don't know about you but I never had a vegetable garden when I was a kid. It would have been so much fun. Maybe that's why I have one now.
Every time I head out to our "little plot" I always take my daughter and she helps pick whats needed. So this day was no exception [apart from the fact I had my niece over too]. We decided to make a salad for dinner. The girls picked what I told them to and then washed and prepared it all. Just like a pair of old ladies. Sorting, laughing and most importantly learning.
It made me stop and think and smile.
Have you stopped and smiled lately?
Every time I head out to our "little plot" I always take my daughter and she helps pick whats needed. So this day was no exception [apart from the fact I had my niece over too]. We decided to make a salad for dinner. The girls picked what I told them to and then washed and prepared it all. Just like a pair of old ladies. Sorting, laughing and most importantly learning.
It made me stop and think and smile.
Have you stopped and smiled lately?
I love gardens too and picking tomatoes are my daughter's favorite!
ReplyDeleteThis post certainly made me smile Simone:) We have a vegie & herb 'patch' too and our girls choose which vegies we plant, they help look after them and then they have so much fun going through my recipe books to find recipes we can use with the vegies that grow. We make sure Saturday nights the girls choose the recipes and we cook them together using our own vegies and herbs wherever possible. Love this post, your niece and daughter sound so gorgeous- watch out Barefoot Contessa! Thanks for sharing Simone - Tina x
ReplyDeleteThats gorgeous...simple pleasure...you are very blessed Simone x
ReplyDeleteWalking barefoot on grass reduces the blood pressure and helps to ground us and feel connected so I'm sure that when I'm in my garden patch it works similarly for me...fingers crossed I'll be adding chickens to my back yard shortly too. What a great experience for the girls though :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely way to learn about gardening. Leigh
ReplyDeleteHome-grown salad - perfect! Nice to have such willing helpers too :-)
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have a wonderful day :)
Oh you must have had a smile indeed, listening to them and watching. What sweethearts.
ReplyDeletexoxo
Nothing tastes as good as home grown..particularly tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteI also didn't have a vegie garden although our yard is just too small. This is an absolute necessity for our next home x
ReplyDeleteToo cute Simone!!! They're quite absorbed in their task!! xx Julie
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely..It made me smile to :))
ReplyDeleteThe girls are so pretty, they look like twins!
ReplyDeleteI was just telling my husband last night that I wanted a garden again this year. We haven't had one for years. Your salad greens look beautiful.
How gorgeous Simone. We didn't have a vegie patch as kids either but my Grandpa did and it was always so much fun to help hime pick things from his garden. How lovely your little helpers are so willing and eager to assist you :)
ReplyDeleteThats awesome. You're helping them make beautiful memories :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun, they could be twins!
ReplyDeleteGreat lessons and great food for kids! Wish we could see beyond the snow right now and go pick some veggies....enjoy :)
ReplyDeleteSoooooo adorable. I love this image of these sweet ones...oh and I see your lovely pink mixer in the background! Happy day to you all.
ReplyDeleteThese photos are so sweet!
ReplyDeleteWe had a fabulous garden when the boys were young. The boys loved picking the tomatoes, etc. And they learned that vegetables were wonderful to eat!
Jane (artfully graced)
Hi Simone
ReplyDeleteYour daughter and niece are just adorable. I know I've said this before, but they are! Although I do not like to garden, I love the idea of a garden and being able to go out and pick my dinner.
Love and hugs,
Tamerie
P.S. I wish I lived next door to you, as well!
I didn't have a garden either!!! We had a parking lot in our back yard!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter and neice are precious and I cannot wait to get my garden going for my kids; neighbors; neice; salad; etc...
All my best,
-Kelley
I think it's so great that you include your daughter in this, Simone. My parents introduced me to gardening as a kid and it produced an enduring love of growing things. xx
ReplyDeleteAre you going to share a picture of your garden?
ReplyDeleteOOooh I'm so very jealous. The Ponderosa is under a blanket of snow with more falling outside my window. This Ozarks farm chick is anxiously awaitin' spring to come thaw us out.
ReplyDeleteYa'll have a greatly blessed day!!!
Hi Simone, your daughter and niece are so sweet! It's great how they are into it. I too have a vegie patch and just love it. James often comes with me too to cut the vegies,especially the tomatoes as he loves them cut up into wedges. I think it teaches them the basics in life, far away from the computer world.. take care, Maryann
ReplyDeleteHow sweet and joyful! Yhey are cute! Last year we planted carrots in a vase, in the balcony :)
ReplyDeleteNice to have a garden when you're young too!
ReplyDeleteWonderful. I was telling my husband just yesterday that I want a veggie garden. I think we've all been going to the grocery store for so long we forget that our ancestors actually grew their food! What a concept! I love that you daughters are learning that.
ReplyDeleteYour blog always makes me stop and smile. there is nothing better than having a salad fresh from your own backyard. It's extra special when our children are the ones picking, cleaning and learning from the experience. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI spent most of yesterday laughing at our puppy as he picked cherry tomatoes and rolled them up and down the concrete until he squished them with his clumsy paw. Luckily we have more tomatoes that we know what to do with!
ReplyDeleteI love having a garden too. Nothing like fresh produce to eat!
ReplyDeleteThe girls are adorable too.
Melinda
This reminds me of my Grandma shelling peas when I was little xxxx
ReplyDeleteso sweet. I bet they will love recalling this memory when they are still sharing laughs in the kitchen years from now.
ReplyDeletehow cute are those blondies!
ReplyDeletesounds like a lot of fun! :))
gotta love little girls, theyre the best!
xoxoxoxo
How lovely. It reminds me of happy days spent at my Grandads allotment as a child, pinching peas out of their pods as I picked them!
ReplyDeleteI have great memories of vegetable gardens. Those photos brought back memories!
ReplyDeleteBetsy
Sweet post! Adorable picture, and what wonderful memories those girls will have! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI got a little start when I saw your post title because that is the name of my prayer blog! There are so many wonderful ways to seed our souls, isn't there?!
Loved your dream house in the last post too!
And I hope you friend is feeling better, hurts the heart to see someone we love suffer, doesn't it?
I'll say a prayer for you both.
I'm still taking a break but had to get over here to see what I've been missing.
All the best to you,
Eileen
What a sweet image of your daughter and niece...it reminds me when my daughter was little and we used to do gardening (we were just talking about doing one again in our yard last night)....we cook in the kitchen now together and it's wonderful! Have a peaceful day, Simone! :) xxoo
ReplyDeleteWe never had a vegetable garden growing up & I would love one now!
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
x
How sweet!.., It makes me long for spring and for my vegetable garden!.., They're great helpers..,
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who are these beautiful chefs? ;)
ReplyDeletehave a sweet day,
justyna
This is so special, how amazing! They are adorable.
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Rachel
How sweet! It is a really good thing to have and surely it will encourage them to eat their greens? :) xxx
ReplyDeleteWhen i was a kid I lived in a big house that had a garden, in that time the plants did not interest me, my grandmother had many. Now that I live in an apartment I have a small garden on my balcony with romero, basil, chives and lavander!
ReplyDeleteLaugh is the best life I laugh with my son and my crazy cat.
Hi Simone
ReplyDeleteAs you know I have been following your blog ever since I saw you last. It's wonderful. The girls seem to be totally absorbed in what they are doing. About that pink mixer....I am soooooooooooo jealous as it would look perfect in my pink kitchen.
Lots of love
Dee
Wow. How nice it must be to have your own GARDEN. My grandparents had a rather large one so I have the best memories and affiliations when it comes to lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes right off the vine! I'm sure your little ones will feel the same about your greens.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question, I smile often, but I STOPPED and smiled earlier today when I realized that I was making valentine treats to send to my mom...and up till now she's only done that for me. Love really circles 'round doesnt it?
I can see my mixer! I mean, your mixer! What a pair of Australian beauties!
ReplyDeleteI think growing and preparing food is vitally important so children don't think food comes from Coles alone. It's wonderful to see even the inner-city schools have begun growing herbs and vegies. I grew up in the country and had my Grandfather's wonderful vegie patch which I stll daydream about (those peas! those rasberries!) But I will admit that I have been slack and have only grown parsley and tomatoes with my daughter. I will have to get back into my neglected garden! xx
Thanks for reminding me to stop, think, and smile. Sometimes the stresses of the day make me forget how happy I truly am. I need to cherish every moment more!
ReplyDeleteThe gilrs are so cute! They are lucky to have eachother close by while they are growing up!