Vegetable Garden - urban style!

We have an awesome yard, but with Hamilton running around, I've never found a good place for a garden.  I just couldn't figure out how to plant anything without it getting stepped on, slept on, or dug up.

Then I remembered our manure buckets.

Turns out, you can fill these suckers with dirt, throw in some potting soil, mix it around, drop in some seeds...

and whamo!  Things grow!

The tiny green things you see are the beginnings of cucumbers.  This bucket also has carrots and green beans - we'll see how it goes and then make changes next time as needed.

I've got some tomato seeds working in cups on the dining room table, my plan is to transplant two of them to a bucket once they are big enough to hang outside.

Yay for bucket veggies!

Every boy needs a Fort

Our house isn't very big, so Little Man's play space is limited.  That being said, every boy needs a fort.

Little Man began trying to fit on the lower shelf of an end table the other week, so during nap time on Saturday I removed the middle shelf that was making it impossible for him to sit up.

Here are the results.

"For me, mom?"

"Let's see, how should I work this?"

"Got it."

Fort accomplished.