Our Feeble Attempt

I'm finally trying my hand at a garden.  I have kept it small in an attempt to keep it successful.  I hope to find that I enjoy this and can learn to do it better each year.

Bethelle and I spent several hours in it today.  I had been behind in planting; I only had three rows sown until now.  It's more enticing to be outside now that the weather has finally turned.
I am planting cucumber, pea pods, sugar snap peas, green beans, lettuce, and PURPLE carrots.  Cool.  Bethelle has a small section of a collection of wildflowers.  When we chose the seeds for our garden, she kept picking out packets with pictures of pretty flowers on the front.  She loves flowers.  I found this mix and told her that it was for children.  She lit up like a candle and said, "I can do it all by myself?!"  That was it.  She was sold.  I would have had her plant them somewhere else, but I didn't want to prepare any more ground.
Here are a few thriving pea pod plants.  This may not excite my readers, but it excites me.  I'm so anxious to see if I can turn dirt and seeds into anything useful.
Bethelle found some dried out flowers from an old bouquet that I was getting rid of and planted them in the garden.  I thought it was an adorable idea.  I hope she'll be alright when she sees what the sprinklers do to them!