Spring has finally sprung here and the frost have (probably!) passed so Lily and I got out this weekend and did some ‘small’ gardening. Lily wanted to grow her own flowers this year, some strawberries and some potato’s.
You don’t need much to do this and it’s pretty inexpensive. The ingredients were
1 Hanging Basket
2 Bags of soil
2 Potato Sacks
1 Packet of Lily Bulbs
1 Packet of Dahlias
1 Packer of Seed Potatos
3 Strawberry Plants
First up we filled the hanging basket with soil and added the strawberry plants, which means we’ll see them as we come into the house and Betty can’t destroy them – she’s big on strawberries!
Then we planted up the tub with Lily Bulbs and Dahlia’s, luckily there’s also a Peony already in there so she’ll see instant results with that in a couple of weeks
And then onto the potato’s, I’m not sure the pink dress will be the same!
They’re all sprouting now as we’ve had so much sunshine and it’s fun watering them after school. Hopefully we’ll see the fruits of our labour in a few weeks, I know Lily’s watching those strawberries!
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Brilliant. I look gardening with Max. Our vegetable patch has just started to sprout. We have 24 ‘earlies’ and 12 strawberries plants. We had pots last year, and they were successful for our strawberries, but haven’t tried potatoes before.
What a lovely little post, we have been trying to introduce ours to gardening think I might have another go after reading this.
Good luck with the strawberries.
Thanks Guys, we had such good fun. It’s well worth doing and low maintenance too.
Sounds gorgeous. Little kiddies just love getting their hands dirty don’t they? We planted some radishes, lettuces, basil, etc in our garden. Then my husband went away and I was left in charge of watering. Needless to say when he came home there wasn’t much left to water! (Well what did he expect – I have two children to look after)?!! Hats off to you for doing it x
I love a garden- even the tiny ones- and I love that you got your daughter involved- sweet memories.
Have a great day
I think that’s adorable how she’s embracing her planting project! I love her little garden crocs, too.
Looks like alot of fun! But then we like playing in the dirt, too!
Karla & Karrie
How lovely! Why don’t you try some seeds too, nasturtuims, sunflowers, easy and fast things. Love to see a pic when it’s all in bloom! x
We have cucumbers, carrots and tomatoes growing in our garden in little peaty pots and I’ve got a herb garden so it’s really fab. Kids love gardening don’t they? Lovely photos x
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