Grandchildren in the Garden

Grandchildren are visiting. They are lot’s of fun especially in the garden. Yesterday they wanted to help pick. We started with the figs. They are small enough to duck under the branches and pick the low hanging fruit. Little Caitlin enjoyed pointing out the high ones and then she got the idea to climb the tree to pick them She and I picked one tree, my son and Samantha picked the other.
The okra was out of Caitlin’s reach and of course one can’t climb an okra plant.

She did a good job of finding the okra pod’s though. It was the same with the tomatoes except I had to lift her to pick the tomatoes. When we cut grass she stepped on a fire ant nest, so we had to stop and take care of the wounds. Then we started murdering fire ant hills. We dug them with the hoe, sprinkled them with mound destroyer and Caitlin sprayed them with the hose. When she ran out of fire ant nests she decided to spray me. I retaliated of course, so we had to go inside and the rest of the day’s projects just didn’t happen.

I went to Renfrow’s yesterday for the fall seeds. I was told that the bugs would get all the cucumbers if I replanted; but a pack of seeds was 89 cents. One cucumber costs that, so I got them anyway. They will hopefully be planted today if there are not too many distractions.

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/