20th
June 2018
Kareen has
such a strong mind and a great determination to do things his way. Today he
insisted on watering the plants by himself so he switched the tap on and took
the hose around the garden. I had great difficulties persuading him not to
water the walls or the grass. The problem was that he suddenly decided that
watering is much more fun if he directed the hose from watering the plants to
watering me! I reacted angrily because I was afraid that the water damaged my
hearing aids- never mind getting my clothes, hair and everything soaking wet.
A little while
later, Kareem became bored of spraying plants, grass, walls, me and left the
whole operation. Actually, he is not a bad gardener if nothing else, like his
brother playing football, distracts him. He had already planted strawberries from
a cutting and beetroot from seeds. Whenever he waters the garden, I remind him
of his planting.
Last year he planted and harvested Spinach.
In August this year, as the beans started to appear, he started to harvests what he can
reach. We are waiting for the tomatoes to turn red so that he can pick them up.
Kareem is such
a great helper in the garden.
