Showing posts with label gardening with children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening with children. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Sweet summer nectar with unavoidable pinch

‘Is it Saturday today, Mom?’ Tom whispered quietly but surely in my ear, leaving no room for doubt that; it is early! And it is Saturday!
‘So, can we go pick some sweet sweet Sabres fruit? (Prickly Pear)’
‘I’m willing to give one of my sticks, the longest one! (now that is a sacrifice. Willing to give one out of his precious sticks collection doesn’t happen very often) 

An empty tin can attached to one stick and a sharp knife (for the stubborn) attached to another and we are ready to go.
The kids main role is to point Radi to the ripest, most colorful, and hopefully reachable fruits.
Now, here comes the tricky part; peeling them up.
Some would roll them in sand before even touching them,
Some would sink them in water
Some will dare go near them only with heavy duty gloves.
And some, will try their best to find someone else to peel it for them…
ou doking at them will make you
I simply use a knife and fork, easy 3 cuts and a quick peel, as shown in the images below;
A fact that you’ll have to accept: with those little naughty thorns, even just looking at them will make you feel tiny needle pinches in your hands.
That is a little price to pay for such divine sweet joy!

...Or, maybe it is not a little price at all,
Have you experienced it? 
We would love to hear, please write us below :)

Have a great day!
Doron & Radi


Thursday, June 26, 2014

Spring is in our garden

Spring is here and our little organic family garden is full of happy surprises.
Beautiful yellow cucumber flowers give a kiss of life to tiny cucumbers.
In this great weather, the cucumbers grow SO fast; in the morning, just before we leave for kindergarten and school, we check on them and count the 'soon to be', and by evening time fresh, sweet, ready to eat cucumbers are waiting for us under the fresh leaves.
Looking for the ‘right size’ radish is the kids favorite. 
Carefully moving the soil with their little fingers is not such an easy task while they are so excited to uncover it.

Fresh aromatic cucumber, radish, mint and coriander are our favorite family dinner salad.
 
The beautifully ripened Cherry tomatoes are a great happy surprised. As we didn't have much success with them last season, we haven't planted again this year. Natures choice, the garden is flourishing with cherry tomato plants decorated with colorful cherry bundles.
The seed of a honey sweet melon that we ate were collected by the kids and sowed, have beautifully sprout.

With endless patience, creativity and love, Eden will sow seed by seed, looking for the perfect spot for each and every one of them. 
Her flower bed will always reflect her spirit.

Tom, energetic and humorous, will grow tight thick flower bunches. Seeing his fingerprint in the garden will always make us laugh.
Happy spring to you all :)
Doron & Radi