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Not unlike getting chickens, putting in a vegetable garden was something we talked about for years and are now finally getting around to doing. I built a 32 square foot raised bed a foot high, and borrowed a truck to haul in a cubic yard of a topsoil and compost mixture.
Felix and Renae got it started a couple weeks ago by planting about a dozen beans or so in an egg carton. Felix was careful to remember to water his little seedlings most days as they sprouted on our window sill, some days he needed a reminder. He used a squirt bottle that he would often turn on the dogs. Last night he saw to a successful transplant of most of those bean sprouts. Last week we planted many of the plants that are in there now. Felix was initially eager to help but lost interest pretty quick. His favorite part was turning on the water. This week though, he was much more engaged. Perhaps because they were his babies. We also got him his own little shovel- sometimes that's all it takes.
Look at him; so self satisfied as he surveys his work.