Tasting the Fruit of Your Labor

Look at something you or your kids accomplished this week and be grateful.

Spring vacation may not matter to some homeschoolers, but for us, it is the week off of evening extra-curricular activities. Since those activities keep me and my older kids out until 9 pm most nights, this will feel like a vacation whether or not we take a break from academics. Our daily life is so adventurous that we hardly wanted to take that precious week off and travel. Although I did consider it, looking up beach campgrounds, they were all sold out. Barring that adventure, we decided to stay home and plant stuff.

Attila was so excited to see us digging in the yard he came over to help!

My husband was only too ready to jump on any plans that included staying home, including being willing to take a week off of work. (He does not like travel.)

So, this week we planted:

– 7 fruit trees — 13 berry bushes — 2 grape vines — dug out 20 bushes — planted 2 Hydrangeas — 1 rose bush — a packet of Zinnia seeds — a mint patch — a chives patch — built a 4 x 8 foot raised garden bed — planted a bunch of herbs and vegetables in above bed (of course after filling with dirt) — moved a metal frame from the porch and dug it into the ground to serve as a trellis for the grapes.

– dug a fire pit and lined it with rock from around the house.