Ben's Garden

Jan 21, 2010 at 05:55

Yesterday Ben and I were cuddled on the sofa watching an old episode of Scooby-Doo. He looked at me and said, "You know what I want to do mama? I want to grow flowers and sell them at the farmer's market."

I looked at him trying to figure out where in the world he came up with this idea. I though about this for a while, talked to Ken about it, and decided who am I to crush this kid's plan.

I sat down with Ben over dinner and explained to him what he needed to do. We would have to fill out an application for a table at the farmer's market (he asked if I could do that for him), he would need to go through my Burpee catalog and decide what he wanted to grow, get the seeds/supplies, plant them and care for them until they are ready to cut and take to market.

He asked if he had to use his own money for the table, supplies. I asked him if he intended on keeping the money made and he said yes. Well guess what monkey, there is your answer. ^_^

He accepted this with a little hesitation.

First thing this morning he was excited to start his day. He woke me up bright and early saying we needed to start "our good plan". So we made a list and hit the store to get the goods.

We got home, got everything organized and planted a few seeds just to start and see how things run. We're saving the good peat pots for the veggie seeds/plants he intends to sell and are using less expensive supplies for the flowers he intends to cut (so the cups can be reused next season, if he intends to continue this endeavor). I picked up some recycled restaurant trays from an equipment supplies store and off we go.

Here are a couple of shots of the end of our day. I'll keep you posted on how things go!





Oh, Ben said he needed a name for his business/project and thought My Garden sounded good, when I asked if he meant Ben's Garden he thought about it for a minute and shouted, "Yes!"

So Ben's little business is called Ben's Garden. Look for it in the future.