Granny has been anxious to get her garden plowed and her spring veggies planted. Over the weekend we managed to accomplish both. The crazy girl in the photo was there to help too.
The Deer Hunter manned the tiller and the chainsaw. He and Granny decided one tree that had started shading the garden needed to come down. The Deer Hunter tied the tree off to another tree in the direction he wanted it to fall and Chitter pulled the rope at just the right time. Granny and I were their audience.
Granny’s plum tree…unlike mine it seems to know when to bloom
In no time flat they had the tree down and sawed up. Once it was cleared away we planted onions, radishes, and lettuce for Granny.
Of course along with all the work there had to be time for some visiting too.
I’m glad we got all the spring garden chores completed for Granny. She’s gotten so feeble I’m not sure how much she can get out and work in the garden this year, but she loves to garden more than anybody I ever saw and I aim to have her a garden if all she can do is set and look at it.
Tipper
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Granny looks so great I’m not gonna say what Matt does, but she sure is a tough cookie so glad to hear that she’s doing what she absolutely loves, working on projects and what priceless treasures for her great grandsons continued prayers for her to respond well to her medications and complete remission
Just being in the garden makes me feel happy and hopeful, and I hope it does the same for Granny 🙂
Sweet Granny & sweet family. Hope her garden goes gang busters this year!
tipper that was such a sweet thing to do..i feel just like granny…not able to garden…but long for those days when I could…I love seeing the new shoots and hear the birds…..granny was pleased im sure….much love and ladybug hugs to you all…happy spring…and many blessings to your beautiful family
ENCOURAGE HER AND HER GARDENING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT GIVES HER SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO INSTEAD OF GIVING UP. I LOOK FORWARD TO GARDENING EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF THE EXERCISE THAT I GET. GARDENING HAS HELPED TO KEEP ME WALKING FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS SINCE I BROKE MY BACK AND LOSE MOST OF THE FUNCTIONS OF MY FEET AND LEGS. I ALSO ENJOY SHARING THE VEGETABLES WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN,T HAVE A GARDEN.
Mama loved the garden, too. We would take her a folding chair out in ours so she could pick the cayenne peppers for “pepper sauce”. Near the end of her life, I planted her some squash & tomatoes in her flower beds around her house. She was one of the best cooks of garden produce!
I can still see my Mamaw setting under the shade tree looking at her harden, fanning herself with her bonnet she’d made.
Garden not harden, I hate it when I do that.
Tipper such a loving story . I hope Granny enjoys it. Truman has his garden out he got it poliverzed the Crawdads are dudling up in his garden . Never was bothered with them in NC they stayed in creeks backs. I hope these dudes don’t feast on the bulbs he has planted. If anyone can shed light on Texas crawdads tell us please
Our parents did love their gardens. Age and the disabilities associated with aging never seemed to make them realize their limitations…..at least when it comes to the yearly planning and cultivation of the family garden. Dad planted three the year prior to his death. He was unable to manage the harvest of the bountiful half runner crop. I took my vacation and missed the big family reunion to pick and snap baskets of beans. As I fell exhausted into bed in the spare bedroom nightly, my Dad would still be processing green beans in two pressure canners. This was repeated daily until the beans were lined up on shelves in the basement. They could not possibly eat that many beans in their lifetime, but that was their life the way they were accustomed to living their days. One of my dearest memories!
Later, my mother came to my home following the death of my Dad. She could not walk up the hill to my garden, so I would take her in the car so she could see what was growing. She was unable to do housework, but loved snapping the beans. She would snap for hours in her hospital bed. This was her favorite pastime in her last days.
There is probably not much that is more important to Granny, with the exception of attention from grandchildren. What a wonderful gift to her! The coming of Spring and the planting adds joy to their Summer days. Personal experience is with advancing age there becomes fewer activities that are enjoyable. When family scolds me for exhausting myself with gardening, I just tell them they know I am happy if my last day is spent in my garden.
I’m glad you are helping Granny with her garden instead of trying to talk her out of it like my daughter does with me. She says, “Mom, what are you gonna do with all this food? Go buy it and come out ahead. Raising the garden keeps you from going fishing. Quit working so hard and enjoy your summer.” She turns right around in the next breath and say she wants me to teach her all I know about gardening.
Thats so nice of you all to help your granny with her garden. I know she thankful. We haven’t even started. I do look forward to it. I love putting a garden out. I can’t wait. God Bless!
Imagine the inner pleasure that Granny will vision in her mind and heart. Wonderful gesture!
Tipper, I love to see pictures of your family working together on the garden, and what a wonderful thing to do for your mother. Each year I find gardening more difficult but it still makes me gloriously happy. I get some help from my children too, or I’d would not be able to do it.
Bless your heart. That garden will give Granny hope!
You all are a blessing to her. “I aim to have her a garden if all she can do is sit and look at it” speaks volumes about you, and by extension about your Mom and Dad.
I replanted my lettuce and carrots yesterday. Sure do wish I could understand the complete failure. I also did something I have been ‘laying off to do’ for a long time – I planted parsnips. I have only tasted one once, over forty years ago up in Virginia. Interesting thing is the seed pack says wait till freezing weather to pull then only as they are used and leave them ‘stored’ in the ground because cold weather causes the starch to convert to sugars.
So glad Granny’s garden is under way. What a great feeling of accomplishment you must feel. Two gardens going is too much work for me. I will probably end up with a few tomatoes in pots on the deck which I can move around to follow the sun.
“I aim to have her a garden if all she can do is set and look at it.” That’s one of the sweetest things I’ve ever heard and what a wonderful spring gift!
You get A+ in being a daughter, but I already knew that!
You are a wonderful family. Jow happy she must be