The Greenhouse Project with John

Mrs. Murphy, our neighbor, lives down the road by the creek. She is 94 and beloved by the neighborhood and many at Sedalia elementary. When her husband, Dr. Murphy, died, she suffered deeply and began volunteering at the school. That really helped her, as well as the many students she encouraged to read. She still hikes every day.

Her son built an incredible greenhouse with a lifting roof, which I'll take a picture of. Last year she was helping water the gardens and fell and was set back for quite awhile with her shin not healing properly. This year John, her son, asked us if the two girls would like to help with the greenhouse. He lives in Englewood so he can't be here every day to help with watering. We agreed to help so the girls will have a really good learning process and positive summer experience. We will walk down to the creek and help with the watering and also visit Lucy (Mrs. Murphy) to make sure she has company. Mrs. Murphy has always preferred children to adults.

Another neighbor, Maxine, has already planted beautiful flowers in the area outside of Lucy's back door. She and her husband, Adam, make sure Lucy is alright as well.

Last night we planted tomatoes, cucumber and squash plants after the sun went down to help protect their roots from our intense sun. Today we'll go down and start planting vegetable seeds. Ana also wants to plant some herbs that we use. We still found some Swiss chard and carrots from last year in the outside garden.

I love gardening and really look forward to the chance to have a greenhouse to use. I'm sure it will help the summer pass by pleasantly for the girls. They definitely enjoyed themselves last night.