Healthy Choices

I love the summer and choices that come with it. It is heart-warming to see the kids take such an interest in watching the plants grow, washing fruits or vegetables, and helping prepare dinner. Eva’s skin tone looks wonderful next to the deep green of spinach leaves and bright red of strawberries. To help them better understand how plants grow, we planted beans in a plastic bag with a Sham-Wow from the dollar store. The beans have sent roots down to the bottom of the bags and are starting to unfurl their leaves. The time is coming soon when we will need to transplant them to a bucket.

Meanwhile , the rest of our garden is doing beautifully. Birds are enjoying the strawberries much to our dismay. The tomato plants and pepper plant is blossoming. Summer seems to be timid about showing up (from heat advisories at 100 to a high temp of 58 the next day), but our gardens and choices are growing!