PLANTING PEAS

I DECIDED TO POST SOME OLD PICTURES I HAD TAKEN BEFORE THE GRANDCHILDREN WENT BACK TO COLORADO THIS SPRING. HERE IS EMMA WHO DROVE THE 'JOHN DEERE' OUT TO MY GARDEN TO PLANT PEAS JUST BEFORE THEY LEFT TO GO HOME. SHE LEARNED FAST--SHE'S PRESSING THE SOIL DOWN AFTER PLACING THE SEED!

 

ME WITH THE PACKET OF SEED, EMMA BUSILY HOEING!

 

THE HORIZON (WEST) FROM THE BACK OF MY GARDEN. THIS TIME OF YEAR THIS SAME PICTURE WOULD BE BLOCKED BY CORNSTALKS AND MORNING GLORY VINES (SEE PREVIOUS POST). BUT I LOVE THIS PICTURE. EMMA HAS A REAL LOVE FOR PLANTING, IT SEEMS. LAST YEAR SOPHIE HELPED TOO, BUT I THINK SHE WAS TAKING A NAP WHEN THE PEA-PLANTING PICTURED ABOVE OCCURRED!

DOESN'T EMMA LOOK HAPPY? ACTUALLY THE PEAS PODS WERE THE BEST THING IN THE GARDEN SO FAR THIS YEAR, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE POTATOES. I HAVE A HARD TIME GROWING THINGS IN ABUNDANCE. I GUESS IT'S OUR SOIL. BUT IT SEEMS THAT WHATEVER EMMA PLANTS COMES UP BEAUTIFULLY! WISH SHE WAS ALWAYS HERE AT PLANTING TIME! WISH THEY WERE ALL ALWAYS HERE!

BLESSINGS, LORI