Three Generations of Gardens

[lakngulf]

I grew up on a cattle farm and we always had a garden. As the youngest son it became my lot to help with the garden quite a bit. Not sure I enjoyed it so much as a kid, but the "grow something in the soil" fever took, and I have had a garden at almost every place I have lived. My mom still has a very small garden, and my son somehow got the bug and has grown herbs on the balcony when he lived in Atlanta, and now has a backyard garden. On 8/9/10 we took pictures of all three, so here are three generations of gardens:

My son and daughter-in-law (and two year old grandson) put together some boxes in the backyard to grow tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, herbs, corn, okra and some beautiful flowers. They had much success except for the battle with the squirrels (they got the corn). Here are some shots of the youngest generation:

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You have seen some previous pictures of my attempts at gardending, but here are some early August shots. The tomatoes in the boxes over the water are about shot, and the garden is overtaken by the princess feather flowers that volunteered.

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And now to my mom's garden. Obviously, my son and I have a lot to learn about garden maintenance. I must say, however, that this garden is in great soil, and we move it around to a different location in what used to be the big garden. I started these plants from seed, and planted the garden while my mom was on a trip, but she (at age 85) takes care of the watering, fertlizing, weeding, and picking. She is the one with the green thumb:

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As you can see, this was just a ploy so I could post pictures of my three grandsons.

[thanrose]

Healthy looking crops, there. Human and plants.

Did you find that the tomatoes dried out more over the water? Just wondering because air flow was probably a bit more there.

Looks like you'll really have four generations gardening before you know it.

[gixxerific]

Nice group you have there the kids and the gardens.

I wish I could get my kids into gardening but there is still time. I hope?

[engineeredgarden]

Nice gardens, and Mom definitely knows how to take care of things. It's good that she's able to get out there.

EG

[specgrade]

Great looking grand kids! I really like those boots. There is a lot to be learned from gardening. I hope they stick with it.

[garden5]

Wow, that's a nice backyard garden.

The gardening gene does have a tendency to travel down through generations .

[hit or miss]

You could say I got my gardening gene from my Grandad too. He always had a large garden in addition to his farm. My canning gene had to have come from Granma then! Nice family!

[tedln]

Nice LG. Seems to me you have connected the links for sustainable life. Thats what it is all about.

Ted

[lakngulf]

Since the posting of the three generations of gardens, which was a ploy to show off my grandsons, a FOURTH grandson has arrived. I felt it only right that Ben get his moment of spotlight on this thread also. Born 8-30-10, Ben and family are doing great, and poppa has a plane ticket purchased to go see him soon.

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[tedln]

My great grandson, Landry; thinks this thread is hilarious.

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Ted

[rainbowgardener]

You can't not smile when you look at those pictures!

[gixxerific]

You can't not smile when you look at those pictures!

Tru Dat

[Green Mantis]

What a wonderful post!!!---Grandparents, great grandparent, and all the lovely grandchildren. Plus the incredible gardens!!!! IF more people gardened or did things in their old age, they would be so much happier and healthier. There's always something to look forward to.--New Plants, something planted in the fall, can't wait to see it come up in the spring, all sorts of things!!! Plus watching all the birds, butterflies etc.---Gardening is LIVING!!! You and YOUR family PROVE it. Congratulations to all of you.