Dirt Montage

My little planting buddy. 

He has a pail of dirt with "tools" in the garden to keep him entertained. Further entertainment was provided by the puddle of rainwater caught by the cardboard box.

He went back and forth between this bucket and a pot of lemon balm (in a pot because it spreads so quickly). I ended up taking out the lemon balm seedlings temporarily because he dug it up so much. 

That excitement quickly wore off and he wanted to use my tool, a hori hori knife. Nope. Mine. But every time I set it down, Jaron was watching like a hawk to grab it. When he tired of that he "helped" collect all the plant starts I had laid out in the garden. Thanks buddy, please leave them there! 

I'm trying to teach him to watch his feet and that some plants and okay to step on and some aren't. Slow progress. 😅 He kept stepping on the herbs I just planted. I think they'll bounce back though. Thankfully I had cages around my peppers, so he wasn't able to step on those. They aren't nearly as forgiving.