A Day at grandma's farm// Harvest

The days are hot, and the nights are now warm too, which means lots of time outside. We have been enjoying the sun and light as much as possible. Here's what we have been doing.

 This is Grandma, and She's the one with the farm

 Our sassy 2 year old farmer

 

 First radish harvest of the season

The country sky; pure, raw, silent, but full of sound and life

Welcome to Grandma's farm

We have also been getting our hands in the soil at grandma's farm. A newly restored 10 acre farm in the heart of Ohio. A nap-length {for a toddler, not myself, I don't have auto-pilot} car ride from home. Grandma knows lots about gardening, and is teaching us all she knows, now that we have ears that listen {She has been a gardener my whole life, but I've only taken interest in the last few years}.

{A found nest, and a found egg}


We are using a Ruth Stout form of gardening {Watch this awesome video, this lady is a genius}, laying down cardboard, right over the grass. Then a layer of old stale manure from the big red barn floor, followed by soil that is being removed around their house for grading purposes. Plants and seeds were added to soil, and then grass was collected from the yard using a grass collector. Around the barns, beds were created by removing the top soil, then planted.

There is no walking, only running

Late in the evening, this mother's day, we went to a local metro garden. I mainly wanted to tire her out, so that bedtime would be early. This child of mine, she has more energy than most I'm positive, because at 2 1/2 running is her only option. This makes capturing any moment impossible, and I am hopeful that I'm even getting her in the frame, but, we are making memories.

Growing where you are planted

We have been reading and learning all about planting and growing. We now have a hoop house, that is really starting to {take root}. All of our cold weather vegetables are in the soil and growing wonderfully. I got a little bit of a late start with starting some tomatoes and peppers from seed {the first time I have tried either from seed}, but they are now officially growing. We even have boots to prove we are real farmers{haha}. It has been fun observing the creative mind of a 2 1/2 year old in nature, watching, learning, growing.

It's wonderful to know that there is so much to learn, right in our own backyard.