Making the Most of it While it Lasts

We are still being teased with the slow arrival of Spring. This last weekend on Saturday we did have an extremely nice day--after two days of snow. To enjoy the weather while it lasted we participated in a variety of Spring activities.
Around Christmas time we had discussed the idea of starting a garden this Spring. This has been something that I have personally wanted to do for quite sometime, but have never had the appropriate space or time. I found out that our community offers garden plots in the cemetary-a little ackward but good enough to help meet the goal. After many conversations with various friends, a dear friend of ours offered us the opportunity to use their backyard. The goal has quickly manifested into a wonderful opportunity. We will be developing a garden that is approxiametly 40x40 and are very excited. Rather than this being a small Micah and SaraJane garden, it will now be a community garden. Several people are committing their time and with everyone's help we hope to have a garden large enough to provide food and pleasure not only for the families working in the garden, but also for those in the community that could benefit from some fresh produce.
So-with the help of our friend Lisa we headed to the store and purchased seeds galore! We spent about an hour planting seeds and prepping them for the garden. We planted the seeds in egg cartons and small pots since the weather is unpredictable right now. Hopefully this bypasses the risk of May snowstorms. Below you can see a few of the seeds that are taking over our dining room.

We also spent the day watching some kiddos of dear friends. These two were a great help in planting all of the seeds and we couldn't let them go home empty handed. Wanjiku and Mbugwa each picked out some flowers seeds and planted away. We are all eager to see how the Four O'clocks and Autumn Sunflowers turn out. Here is hoping we have green thumbs!