Our Golden Arches
Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2009
“Broccoli and Tofu” she blurts when you ask what her favorite food is.
We have made our summer garden a family project and the opportunity to influence our daughters eating habits at a young age. Alyxx is now a bit over 2 ½ and enjoys her trips to the garden as much as mom and dad. She eats snap peas from the vine, broccoli raw and carrots when she can dig them up. In addition to grazing on just about everything she loves to water and pitch in with garden chores.
Summer 08 was a great year for the garden and gave us the opportunity to share our booty with family, friends and neighbors. It was fun to supply everyone with corn, squash, zucchini, carrots, peppers and eggplant. The process of tilling, planting, watering, weeding, picking and eating has been invaluable and has given us family moments that will last a lifetime.
The garden has been a huge success but our tomatoes and eggplant don’t do much because of the short mountain growing season. We decided to add a small portable green house in 2009 to increase production. Green house construction included Alyxx at the top of the ladder, tightening bolts and pulling the tarp over. “I can do it” she says and climbs the ladder with dad!
Beautiful, fun stuff. Hope the summer garden experiences will last a lifetime!
Garrett and Lisa Ford live in Durango Colorado with their daughter Alyxx. They enjoy distance running, bikes, horses, triathlons, open water swimming and orienteering. They love mountain sports and mountain living!
What a lucky daughter to learn early the pleasures of a garden. Jackson is one of my favorite places on earth.