A garden for Miss Mouse

 One of my favorite books growing up:

 

Miss Mouse was bored of her small garden she grew every year so she decided to dig up all the dirt around her house and plant and plant.  It grew bigger than she expected!

 Her garden even began growing INTO her house.

 It was such a fun story that ended with all of Mouseville working together to rescue Miss Mouse stuck in her house by picking all the veggies then enjoying their work by eating salad together.

Our family has always loved to plant and grow gardens. Small, manageable ones.
Although we did not dig up all around our house, this year we decided to expand our garden area quite a bit.

We also experimented with a few ideas.

We prepped the ground as much as we could.

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For the first time we planted from seed.

It's exciting watching the seeds sprout and grow... every morning it seems they've grown an inch.

A Week after planting:

 

The same plant a week or so after the picture taken above:

 

This is a great way for the family to hang out together.  Once a week we all gather together to pull weeds.  The kids are not super excited about this part of a garden :) but Andrew and I really enjoy being able to chat and work together.
A garden takes work.
Lots of it.
But hard work can be rewarding.
Now, if only we can keep those pesty bugs from nibbling too much!