I cannot think of any better way than to spend my lunch break than out in my garden with my Mini-Me. Teaching her the science behind how the plants produce fruit. We recently watched a video on pollinating or pumpkins manually and now my daughter is all up in the flowering end of the pumpkin's business. I have showed her the difference between the male and female plants. She really wants to see me poke the male end of the flower into the female end of the flower. I keep telling her we should let the bees do their job and we should only interject if its needed. that seemed to satisfy her and we moved onto the next topic of discussion - her wanting to be a youtuber. Great thing about my Mini-Me is she has a very short attention span.
The corn pictured below is a short day variety of corn at only 55 days to maturation. I can't complain though, this corn has been in the ground less than a month and is gaining on my 9 year old. I don't anticipate a high yield this year as we only have about two rows and four hills with corn planted. I think my husband snuck some into the bean teepee too though. At any rate, if we can get at least one meal and maybe enough to freeze for a few more meals would be kind of cool.
In other news: The puppies outdid themselves today and took advantage of the quiet afternoon we all had after our lunch break. Puppy antics is very tiring apparently and requires copious naps afterwards.
I am so blessed to have the ability to work from home so I can enjoy these moments with my family as we learn and grow together on our homestead journey living #THL - Thank you all for sharing in our journey - Happy Homesteading friends :)