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Children's Garden

Kids can dig, although sometimes you have to bribe them. Here Ari and Tosh digs through the cinders and pine needles in Flagstaff, AZ, 2004.

Ari's Ladybug House and birdhouses

Tosh's pictures won at the 08 Vinland County Fair

Ari and plant experiment in 2004.

Baby barn swallows in their nest under our balcony

Here they are getting bolder

 
Ari’s Baldwin City, Kansas garden in 2006 was comprised of many plants, including tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, loofah gourds, and a variety of flowers along the fence.

 Pride of ownership.

Ari and her rat, Pookie

 
One day I went out to water the cabbage and found 6 baby bunnies under the leaves. I ran back inside to get my camera and when I returned there were only 3. These little guys had survived twice-a day waterings.

And they do grow quickly

Tosh fishing in Duncan, OK 2006
 
My son Tosh announced in spring of 2006 that he wanted to plant a Three Sisters garden. Everything was planted from seed and kernel. He tended it everyday and was very happy to cultivate corn, squash and pole beans.

 
Tosh’s plot was small and placed on the south side of the house. The main problem was grass that we had to continually mow. I used black matting in between the corn rows: http://www.gardeners.com/Weed+Mat+Landscape+Fabric/EdgingMulches_Mulches,34-312,default,cp.html

 
Tosh’s corn, squash and beans. Rt.: Tosh and Ari find squash in the 04 Flagstaff garden.