As I watched
Jelly Bean excitedly devour fresh fruit and veg finger foods today my thoughts
turned to growing our own fruit and veg this year.
Whilst I
am far from being an expert at gardening, I would call myself green fingered
and enjoy being out in the garden and find gardening to be rather therapeutic.
Over the years my love of being in the garden and getting my hands dirty
sprucing up the garden, tending to plants and planting flowers, and growing
fruit, veg and salad has influenced Bug who loves to help me garden and sow
seeds.
With my
boys loving their food especially fresh fruit, veg and salad and with us being
a green fingered family it makes sense that we dig out the gardening tools and
get sowing seeds and plants to grow some tasty food for the whole family to
enjoy.
One thing
we grow every year without fail is tomatoes. Being one of Bug’s favourites to
eat and grow, growing tomatoes has now turned into a yearly gardening event for
us. He loves tending to and watering the tomato plants, patiently watching them
grow and blossom from green to a beautiful ripe red before gently picking the
tomatoes ready for eating.
As well as
tomatoes we have previously grown spring onions, garlic, salad leaves, herbs, and
strawberries. Hopefully this year we will grow these once again, and attempt to
turn our green fingers to other crops such as peas, carrots, raspberries,
rhubarb, and currants.
Whilst I do
have my experienced green fingered granddad to turn to for gardening advice, I have
also been reading gardening guides for some helpful tips and advice on
all things gardening and growing fruit and veg. I have found the gardening
videos, growing guides and vegetable garden planner is particularly useful for
budding gardeners like us.
We are
hoping the nice weather continues so that we can get stuck in and get
gardening, having fun and making memories together as a green fingered family.
Are you
planning on growing any fruit or veg this year?
We love pottering the garden too. Max makes all sorts of mess, and I just go with it (control freak in me is on holiday when we are in the garden). we've never grown tomatoes so I think we'll give this a go too x
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