For the love of poppies…

Tucker is a nature lover. And he has a real love of gardening (as this early ‘magazine’ cover can attest)…since he was very very young. His joy when he saw the newly planted poppies come up one Summer (when he was only two) was great. And despite my best efforts to explain to NOT pick the poppies…he picked anyway.

I relived this moment earlier this week when I responded to a cry of “Mom come here! You have to see this!”…I sprang to my feet and ran to the backyard.

And this is what I found.

The first poppy had bloomed, and Tucker was as enamored as ever.

His corn, basil, peppers and tomatoes are doing pretty well too.

Between our ‘farm’ and the dang pig its a regular Green Acres around this part of Orange County.

Yeah, I know. I am as surprised as you.

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