It is so amazing to me how certain passions carry from generation to generation. My grandpa was and still is a very dedicated gardener, so am I and now Bradley has picked up this passion as well.
This summer Bradley collected helicopter seeds and all my little leftover plastic pots that you buy flowers in. Then all on his own drive he used potting soil and planted those helicopter seeds in those plastic pots and the placed them throughout the woods, hoping new trees would grow. He also bought some cantaloupe (his favorite fruit) and pumpkin seeds at the store and planted those in pots too. He watered them a few times a week until they grew too large for their pots.
Then we had to set-up a small garden area so we could transplant the cantaloupe and pumpkin plants so they would have more room to grow. He would set-up the sprinklers when his garden was dry and checked his garden regularly. And then they grew....
A pumpkin on the vine.
He was able to harvest a few cantaloupes from his garden. They did not taste that great though, but he was pretty proud of them.
He finally picked his very first homegrown pumpkin.
He has big plans to expand his 2014 garden.
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