Growing food.

Back at home we harnessed some of the girl power and planted some seeds. These are peas. Reed rototilled the garden for me and these sweet girls laid out lots of peas. Little fingers are really good at planting seeds if given space and time. It would be amazing if these all came up. 

Millie planted potatoes. We adore peas and potatoes but it is a lot of work to get those plants grown in a garden setting. Watering, hilling up protecting from mice and chickens it's a battle to get food on the plate! Farmers make it all look so easy but really gardening teaches you how easy it would be to starve without modern agriculture. 

One of the kids left this beautiful picture on my phone. The big skies are often blue these days with marvelous sunrises and sunsets. 

After the abundant early rains and late snow the daffodils have been as vibrant as ever. I'm making mental notes to maybe add some colorful tulips to the mix. But oh these happy flowers make me smile everytime I see them. The weeds are not competing with them yet and they just shine with the promise of spring. 

Anna came home and cleaned and mowed. My daughters energy levels are amazing to me. Age is a thief and also a gift. I'm thankful for another spring to be able to teach my kids about growing food and the joy of self-reliance. We are blessed!