This year we actually have a place to garden. We rented a little plot on the other side of base since we're not allowed to actually garden in our own yards. It was (and still does) get overrun by weeds. We went out and weeded everything and planted our veggies. The kids had so much fun with it. They both love gardening and whenever I go out to work in our flower garden they are always next to me helping. It's the same way when helping Jed in the garden plot. They especially love it because Jed dug a little mud pit for them and they really enjoy immersing their entire bodies in the sink hole.
Our first look at our garden plot
The kids helping out on our first day of work, the mud hole eventually came up to Chloe's head
We've been really trying to teach the kids the importance of eating healthy and why we don't eat lots of sugar all of the time and gardening really helps them get excited about eating healthy. Both kids love to eat veggies and fruit so it's not a huge strain on them. :) They also love finding ripe veggies and eat them immediately instead of waiting to share later, so needless to say we haven't gotten much to harvest just yet.
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