Today in the garden we had a real near miss. My youngest, left unattended for 3 minutes decided it was time to pick all the bean plants we had been growing in the pot. I know that we have lost some of the plants already, as less than half of the originally planted beans have sprouted. He seems to gravitate to that pot. He plays in the dirt and scoops it up throws it out. He even helped plant the beans. So he knows that we are trying to grow plants in that pot. The few plants that have survived his frequent visits, maybe seven plants, today suffered a serious trauma. He plucked them all up and tossed them in the dog’s water dish. Luckily I was not away for more than a few minutes and I was able to do a little backyard gardening search and rescue. Five of the plants were intact with all the roots. I was able to replant them and I am pretty sure that at least four of them will make it. One lost it’s roots and didn’t look like it was going to make it and the last was snapped in half.
I think that we are going to start growing one of the beans in a bag on the window so he can see the roots whenever he wants. He seems to want to see the roots of the plants and I don’t think he fully understands that we don’t usually get to see the roots of the plants. Hopefully one plant he can see the roots of will satisfy him so that we don’t need to look at the roots of all the rest.
We had another “baby plant” talk and he, as usual, seemed to understand and have genuine concern for the small plants he had uprooted. I have planted a few more beans to make up for the ones that didn’t make it past his play times.
On a brighter note, the carrots are starting to sprout! I find the new plants very exciting. I also have a new appreciation for the plants that thus far have survived the reach of my two year-old.
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