Got our annual mother's day planting done ~

                                      

     We got all our drip irrigation down and all our seeds planted in our beds and hoop house. Even got some pots on the patio planted.

 This year we got planted...

Front 5 beds ~
mammoth sunflowers          calendula
echinacea purpurea             lemon cucumber
tiger melon                          cherry tomatoes
black tomatoes                   potatoes
butterscotch beans             onions left from winter
lettuce left from                  basil
oregano                             chives
weed vine                          carrots from winter
Danyelle lettuce

we also have roses, a apple tree & strawberry patch in the front.

Side bed (10x30) ~
giant black diamond watermelon     jubilee tomato
cantaloupe                                     yellow melon
striped roman  tomato                    golden dewlicious melon
beefsteak tomato

bkyd 2 beds ~
scarlet emperor beans                   black & white beans
yolo wonder peppers                    cucumber
bell pepper                                    black beauty zucchini
big max pumpkin                           butternut squash
delicata squash                              howden pumpkin


I still have a greenhouse full of starts but a lot of them will be sold at the farmer's market. The kids have their own gardening tools and love doing fun planting projects.



*Unschooling note: Measuring *Math, Reading the packet/books *Reading, knowledge of planting seeds *Science, Growing veggies/physical activity *Health

☼ Newspaper Pots ☼

☼ Newspaper Pots ☼

☼ Abundance of Urbantopia ☼

☼ Abundance of Urbantopia ☼

     We have been blessed with an abundance this year. Not only did our gardens do well but the generosity of others was so appreciated. We were able to can, dehydrate and store enough for the year!! Our urban homestead is on its way...now I just need my chickens and goats ;) 

more seeds

flowers & herbs

canned apples and peaches

dehydrated mixed veggies

using food saver

more flowers & herbs

sunflowers

apples from Royal City farm

our one and only cantaloupe of the year

Marion berry jam

homemade marion berry pie

fresh morning strawberries for breakfast

apricot jam

first strawberries of the year

homemade veggie chili

first time growing onions

canned green tomatoes and salsa

blood butcher corn and sunflowers

lots of green cherry tomatoes this year

daddy always grows a lot of potatoes

squash from the hill

yogurt roll ups





*Unschooling Notes: Gardening/photography *Occupational education, Gardening/Fall planting *Math,
 Gardening/Food preserving/Fall planting *Science, Reading Recipes/seed packets *Reading,

☼ Garden Yummies ☼

Garden Yummies

Looking through some pictures and found this one of some garden yummies. I think only the organic red onion is from the farmer's market and the rest came from our gardens. We had a hard year last year with the garden; the weather was so unpredictable. We had a bad frost in the spring and had to REPLANT!! Then a bad wind storm later in the year took half our garden and up rooted some of the newly planted fruit trees. The kids were pretty disappointed especially Brian who planted ALL five of the fruit trees :( In the end though we were grateful for the abundance of the farmer's market to prepare for the winter. We make a veggie mix like this every week during the summer to at to lettuce, fresh spinach, and cold pastas. Can't wait until we can start planting again!!

*Unschooling Notes: Healthy recipes/food *Health

Starting the Seedlings ☼

We started seedlings in March so we have pots all over our dining room lol. It is really beautiful to see the younger boys so involved watering and singing to the "babies."  We are two more garden beds right now...well Brian is doing most of the and filling ☺I will have to post the huge beds he did for me as well as our new patio Frank and Brian did. It's beginning to look a lot like spring!! ☼



*Unschooling Notes: Veggie growing -*Health & *Science.