Sunflowers

The kids planted sunflower seeds outside of our garage and they have bloomed into beautiful bursts of sunshine.  I can't help but smile everytime I pull into our driveway. 

Growing Goodness

Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden. ~Robert Brault

Invasion

Our tomato plants are covered in these green caterpillars and they are killing our plants. Help! What are these creatures and how do we get rid of them (humanly if possible).

Backyard Update

Our rocket ship birdhouse remains vacant despite stuffing it with popcorn and hanging a birdseed bell beside it. I think the birds would rather take up residence in a backyard not occupied by Bruco and Paolo. We do however have a new friend in our backyard. There is a giant banana spider that lives on our fence and we like to watch him spin his web.

Our little garden is coming along. The basil and tomatoes came in fast and furious, the cucumbers are catching up and the flowers never really took off. I'm surprised at Currier's interest in this. He checks his little garden every morning and got so excited to see his first tomato bloom. Stay tuned for fresh Insalata Caprese!

Gardening

This week we started a little garden (I know it's a weird time of the year to start). We planted tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and annual flowers. Currier waters the flower boxes every morning and is eagerly awaiting some growth.