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It’s too cold to plant outside in Massachusetts, but yesterday we got a start on our gardening by planting some tomato plants. I hope the kids gather fresh flowers to decorate their box of plants every day!
It always amazes me that tiny seeds can grow to be tall tomato plants!
And Johnny’s love of the outdoors always thrills me! This boy loves nature!
If all goes well, these plants will be growing well by Earth Day, April 22nd! Do you have special plans to celebrate?
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I’d love to see the tomato plants – all grown up and tall – by April 22! :-)
We have many more small projects coming up including lots of nature walks.
We went for one yesterday early morning and came back absolutely recharged!
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maryanne Reply:
April 10th, 2012 at 10:00 am
Those would be some magical tomato seeds :)
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We started our tomato plants recently too. I forget how much fun the kids have planting seeds and when the first one sprouted it was really exciting news at our house.
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maryanne Reply:
April 10th, 2012 at 9:56 am
We should have started ours a couple weeks ago – better late than never, hopefully! It is fun how excited they get!
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We also plan to plant more things before Earth Day. I am looking forward to better weather – it’s been surprisingly rainy, windy and cold here lately.
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We haven’t tried tomatoes from seeds yet. We haven’t had too much luck the last three year with our not-so-sunny garden spot behind our carport (biggest yield = 3 beefy tomatoes). We’re trying hanging and potted plants this year for our small apartment space. J got so excited about his sunflowers (his new “pets”). They sprouted within 2 days of planting and are doing really well for an almost three year old taking responsibility for them. It’s so fun to see their excitement about growing something.
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Im a horrible heathen and doing nothing :)
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Yum! Love fresh tomatoes! Those little flowers decorating the box are too cute.
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Aw! You’re just “down the road” from us. We’re in Maine!
We planted our peas this afternoon. And we have some tomatoes planted in one of those Topsy Turvy things! LOL
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maryanne Reply:
April 10th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Maine is so beautiful!!!
I meant to plant peas today, but spent too long clearing out our flower bed. Hopefully tomorrow! Garden fresh sugar snap peas are my favorite!
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we planted tomatoes in our garden too! Can’t wait for some yummy tomato sandwiches
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maryanne Reply:
April 10th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Garden-fresh tomatoes are the best!
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I love the photos of your little ones! We planted some tomato plants too ;)
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I don’t have Earth Day plans yet, but I am doing a plant unit this week! We are planting Tickleme plants! If your kids love plants, you should think about planting these. Have you ever heard of them?
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My daughter loves to plant in the garden, but we don’t have one, so she does that over at her dad’s house. I wish I could get a chance to share this activity with her.
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My kids are all over me to plant a garden…I am horrible at getting a garden to survive..but I think we will attempt a small one…and some flowers!
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Fun! Dave and Abby plant basil together every year. He uses it for homemade pizzas.
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maryanne Reply:
April 11th, 2012 at 7:17 am
Fresh basil must make amazing pizza sauce! Maybe we’ll try planting some – thanks for the inspiration :)
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Katey @ Having Fun at Home Reply:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:48 am
Basil and tomatoes are good companion plants. I don’t really understand why, but somehow they help each other grow better.
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maryanne Reply:
April 12th, 2012 at 1:01 am
That’s really interesting! Maybe we’ll plant some basil…
I really must try some planting with my girl, we got the weeding done on the weekend, that was a start :)
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Yea! Good luck, little tomato seeds! They should start out well in such a beautifully decorated home. :)
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We were forecast snow at the weekend so I decided to wait to do the tomatoes until it wamrs up a little more as our windowsills are taken up by peppers and cucumber plants at the moment.
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maryanne Reply:
April 11th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Snow in April in the UK?! Freezing temperatures are still very common here, so our tomato seeds have to live inside. I am hoping to try some peas (which, I believe, are supposed to be quite hardy?) outside – this afternoon or tomorrow!
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We leave our tomato planting up to my dad. He gets them started and then he brings one tomato plant up and plants it in a large container on our side deck. He even sets up the cage for it to vine. All I have to do is walk outside and pick ;)
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maryanne Reply:
April 11th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
That sounds like the perfect arrangement, Jackie!
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