putting in a garden

Today we paid homage to a big family tradition.  We planted a nice sized vegetable garden.  Dennis and Gran and I planted seeds for radishes, onions, watermelons, pumpkins, beans, peppers, different tomato varieties, collards, and spinach (and probably more that aren't coming to mind).  We also put in some tomato, lettuce, pepper, sweet potato, and kale plants.  I planted a few herbs in pots for my porch.  Dennis is quite the gardener!  He put in a number of plants and seeds on his own.  He dumped a whole pack of heirloom tomato seeds in one hole, so I expect to have a big thinning job in the near future.  He did better with transferring plants from pots to the garden.  After he worked a bit, he was happy to declare a "sit down break" and went to fetch drinks and chairs.  He helped water a bit before he surprisingly turned the hose on me and soaked my back!  My first reaction wasn't good (I was pretty mad), but instead of yelling at him, I grabbed the hose and hosed him right back.  We shared a big laugh over it. 

I thought about my papa and his garden the whole time we were working.  I hope he was watching from Heaven (and maybe not cringing too much when we planted some things in a kind of rocky area).  Thanks to David for tilling up a big area (with my papa's tiller that has been passed down) for us to plant.