This Lil’ guy was black head to toe with dirt. He loved digging in the sandbox on wheels.A person can’t possibly garden without dirt – good dirt. I guess some would say “soil.”
I like the word “dirt.”
I can say it with an accent. A queenish accent. Or a Texan Drawl accent. Or my German accent. It is just a fun word to me – I know, strange, why are reading my blog?
Anyhoo…
We went to our Recycle Center and bought compost. 2 cubic yards! That is a lot of compost!
Then we searched high and low for topsoil. Our local gardening centers didn’t carry enough for our raised beds.
My hubby finally found a man way out in Timbuktu. We took our trusty trailer and the man filled it to the rim and our tires were about to explode.
The owner of the topsoil saw how many kids we had and I think he felt sorry for us. He only charged us $20 for about 3 cubic yards. That was so much cheaper than anywhere else – we felt like God had blessed us.
He even let my kids play with his cattle. However, they were not in the playing kind of MOOd. Get it? MOOd? Okay, I need to get to sleep.
And after
We even had Brighton helping. She has grown so much! 
This is our trusty trailer. It was such a blessing. So was the guy in the red shirt. He worked so hard – just because he loves his family!
This is our lil’ Green Thumb Princess. She loves loves loves digging her hands into dirt and planting things.
It’s this weather! Even I, not a dirt kinda girl, want to get in my flower beds and plant something. Your family is so adorable. I love, love these pictures! Lisa~
Absolutely would love to do this- what a great thing to teach the kids!
Hi! I’m visiting from HHH. I would love to be gardening already, however we still have snow… Hopefully soon!
I love and am so jealous of your post! I am dying to get the garden going but our weather has been so odd lately…The kids keep going outside to monitor things to see when its time to plant.
Amie-from the HHH
http://www.ahandfuloffun.blogspot.com
You make your momma so glad! Let me know when to expect harvest….. love those little people that are helping you….. and the big peeps too.
I’m so happy I found your blog (through HHH)! We have 5 kids too, and love traveling. Oh, and have lived through re-modeling. Have a great week <3
Thanks for the dirt info! I’ll definitely be referring back to it when we get to that point!
I love it! Just saying this weekend how we need to get the garden up and running… DIRT! 🙂