Pretty Garden Markers

We planted seeds at the garden last week and with all the interest in digging in the dirt I figured we needed to mark where it is not ok to dig until the plants come up making it more obvious.

 

I grabbed some quick supplies and we started working on our markers.  We used paint stir sticks, faux flowers, pipe cleaners and markers.  We made a marker for each row writing each veggie on a marker with a marker.  Then we cut flowers and pipe cleaners, held a flower stem to a stir stick and twisted the pipe cleaner around the stick to hold the flower in place.  Lastly, we went outside and used a hammer to push the sticks into the ground at the front of each row. 

Super Simple.  Super cute.  Super effective!

 

 

Little DC Garden

My little friends and I have really been having fun playing in the dirt this week.  ON Sunday, Shaun and I drove down with the tiller in tow and tilled up our garden spot at the day care.  On Monday I broke out my dc hoe and rake and also little kiddie garden gloves and hand tools donated by my loving Mother.  The kids were all about the gloves and tools and dug and played.  We have been out there every day this week.  We finally planted our seeds on Wednesday. 

 

This year we are growing corn, watermelon, squash, zucchini, green beans and tomatoes.  The green beans in the dc garden are new this year.  We frequently have green beans with our lunches so I thought it would be neat for them to watch them grow. 

 

Now we will water a little and wait for the plants to come up.  Then we will begin our weeding.  I also used the side of our storage barn to hang our tools where they are protected by the roof overhang from the rain and sun.  Makes garden life a lot easier not having to tote all those accessories!

 

 

 

four little wishes

 

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I have so much fun putting together my "Four Fanciful Things" blog posts for peppysis! I was thinking about our wish list here at the DC and thought... why not share what we are wishing for?!

They may be something you could get for your own child sometime that you might not have seen or thought of else wise or if you just want to... for US!  If you want to view the items that I found for sale online, please click on the corresponding number below the wishes.  Or if you are from around here and spot this kind of stuff at a yard sale or thrift give me a holler! 

A New Shelf

There are two windows on the back side of the day care that are facing West, just so that they get all the afternoon sun they can stand.  One of the windows is above our eating area and the other is in the main playroom.  Since it is almost time for us to begin sprouting seeds for our garden I felt we needed a good shelf in a sunny spot.  The playroom window seemed like the perfect window for plant life.  So I asked Shaun if he could cut us a piece of wood and I found a couple of brackets that I had left over from setting up the day care last Spring. 

 

In just a jiff we had a new shelf installed!  We put the brackets on each side of the window, screwed them to the wall and to the wooden shelf.  It is perfect.  It is high enough to keep little hands out of the pots but in the area where we can get them down for viewing anytime. And it is still low enough so they will clearly be able to see the plants grow (and low enough for me to whack my head!). 

 

I love, love, love this shelf!