CohabiTOT – living stylishly with children

In my backyard I have a very deep flower bed with absolutely nothing growing!  The bonus is it has been a great digging space for my four year old. He can dig and dig and dig  and I don’t care if it’s not a beautiful thing. Well  truthfully it’s a really unattractive thing! But I have been hesistant to plant for two reasons! One is I really know zilch about gardening and two is I figured betweeen my son and my twenty month old twins someone would pull all the loveliness out!

But then I stumbled upon this blog  and my son and I were instantly inspired! Now we are working on it together. Of course his first  thought was that  fairy gardens are for girls so we are going to call it an Elf Garden! We are  starting small and collecting rocks.  And I encouring him to bring back other  found objects from our journeys.

I am also encouring himto  paint the rocks, or make totem poles, or anything he dreams up. He’s also so excited to see what the elf brings him during the night.

The best part is I think it’s going to be even more magical than anything I could dream up on my own. But this elf better start reading up on gardening and would  love any suggestions for flowering plants.

Looking forward to sharing the progress with you!