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@sueinmn Few things spark excitement like the first orders for plants!! Especially since you live in MN and I’m in WI our season for enjoying gardens and baskets is short! Half the fun is looking through the catalogs for plants. It’s so wonderful you’re able to share your Master Gardening knowledge and skills with your grandchildren. How old is your grandson? He’s obviously ‘got the bug’ to garden! That’s awesome. I had to do a double take with Tank!! 75 pound tortoise? Wow. Tank’s been around a long time to have gotten to that size.
I’m still on a hiatus from doing any gardening or working with soil, even with mask and gloves, because of potential fungal issues after the bone marrow transplant. It’s frustrating because a friend and I were interested in the many heirloom plants available. For now I’m content to see what she grows and hope to resume the feel of soil between my fingers again! At the lake there are no flower or veggie gardens but at our house in the city, we have a large garden area with raised beds. We’re now sharecroppers as our neighbor uses the garden plots and we get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Win win. LOL.
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Lori - I understand - I had a 2 year hiatus while I battled a mycobacteria lung infection, now wear an N95 mask & gloves to "play in the dirt."
Tank is an adolescent - best guess around 20 years (he was rescued as a 15lb youngster)
Superman will be 5 in May - they only live 2 miles from us, and he loves gardens, trees, being outdoors (so do Mom & Dad) - he helped Auntie plant marigolds at my house last summer, and asked for some of his own, which he tended until frost. We didn't realize how much he loved it until he started planting sticks in the snow - he's sure they will grow into trees in the spring! So we've planted the seed with Dad to have him help build a beginner 4X8 raised bed in a corner of their yard and give him ownership of part. Both my girls got their first gardens at about that age, and have been gardening ever since - they owned a duplex for 10 years that had only a token lawn, the rest was flowers and vegetables. (His Mom has been on hiatus for a few years with 2 preschoolers, a dog & a tortoise in the yard & a full-time job but she's ready to dip her toes again.)
I'm excited because the plants we're offering this year are 80% natives & heirloom veggies. We even have a treasure called a "Pollinator Flat" - 3 each of 6 different natives for $40, 4 types to attract bees, hummers, monarchs & other butterflies.
Sue