When my husband and I bought our home back in 2001 my hubby said, ” OK, I will mow the yard but that’s it for me…..don’t count on my doing much else out in the garden.”   The house we bought had a lot of flower beds and although I like to have flowers and such I am better at it when the weather is mild out, once it gets really hot…..well the weeds usually win.  So, for the first few years I was the one out in the garden weeding and planting etc….. and my husband…well, he mowed the lawn

Then we were blessed with the birth of our  daughter in 2005 so from the time I got pregnant I just kind of stopped doing the gardening so much and my hubby sort of morphed into this “constant gardener”.  He decided he wanted to have a vegetable garden and just got out there and did it.  Then the next year he started transforming more of the  flower beds as I just wasn’t quite honestly doing much with them.  Each year since he has gotten more enthusiastic and well by now most of the flower beds have vegetables planted in them (I think I am down to two little spots to plant now!!!)  He is just having a ball learning about what to plant when, spending his time during the winter reading up and planning what he will plant the next spring.

Well this winter his thing was building a greenhouse…..out of PVC pipe!  I had my doubts about this plan and wondered where in the world he was going to put the thing but tried to just hold my tongue (which as you know ladies, can be quite difficult!!)  Well this last month he got started and I just watched and listened as he would share how he was going to do this and figure that out.  Last weekend he finished it and like a kid with tinker-toys he is quite proud the his “erection” out in the garden!    I am really proud of him too, he would be the first to say he is not a DIY kind of person but for the last few years he has developed into quite the gardener and the greenhouse he built is just amazing!

I know he is not done yet and that this is just the beginning of a very interesting year out in our garden.  He still wants to build some cold-frames and then of course the planting starts (he is already starting some things inside!).  Being a person that has trouble relaxing and just taking it easy this is very therapeutic for him.  Our little one loves to be out there with him with her shovel.  Last year she had a pot that she grew various vegetables of her own in and she has a special spot to make mud pies which she loves to do.  She gets as excited as he does when the plants start growing! Once the harvesting starts she is out there every night with him gathering the veggies we need to make dinner.  It’s really lovely to watch them together.

I am truly amazed at the change in my husband, he has gone from a guy who will just mow the lawn to someone who truly enjoys being out in the garden and has a passion for growing vegetables to feed his family!  How awesome is that, I am blessed to have this man in my life (and he cooks too!!)

So, for any gardening tips…..don’t talk to me, you’ll have to track down my husband

Cheers!

Grace

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