We brought home lots of seeds. These will grow into lots of nourishing food in the coming months to nourish my young children's growing bodies. Or I will prove my non-green-thumbness - they won't grow, or if they do sprout Bugs Bunny will get to them before we do and they'll be gone. It's a toss up......
C-man helped me with filling the cups with dirt. Making a little hole for the seeds. Filling them back in to make sure the seeds are covered. He also found a pack of seeds that a teacher gave him a year or two ago, and we planted those too. That's a flower though...but old seeds... we'll see.
He watered them. And we put them in the window. To grow. Hopefully.
I think my son may have a green thumb. I'm not sure where it came from. Not from his mother, that's for sure. But he is excited - can't wait for springtime growth to start up and show signs of life. I'm hoping that happens!!!
Mr. Green Jeans would be proud.
*Disclaimer - this project and these pictures were started on 3-8-09. I have been planning this post for that long and just now getting around to it. I will give you a hint - there is some success in our planting. Updated post to come this week.
4 comments:
How fun. I love to garden--just don't have the time nor space. My kids absolutely love to work in my parent's huge garden area. Enjoy the journey with your son and may your thumb start to green just a bit. But, heck you can't have all talents right? That just simply wouldn't be fair if you could sew, quilt, card make, AND garden with such talent. :)
And I read your comment about your son freezing at practice. I can't even imagine. Wow. Yes, you should come west for sure--your boys can practice in shorts and then come swimming with us after. Sounds better than freezing.
Dear C,
Good luck on your garden! I am excited to see what veggies you selected! If things do not sprout as planned from your indoor planting project, you are more than welcome to come to my house when it's time to plant our garden (which is in about 1 month). I would love to have the extra help speading the horse manure, moving the compost pile to the garden, and running the tiller to work all of that into the dirt. :-) You could also help with the planting and steaking process!
Love
Aunt Dee Dee
looks like fun! zach is my little gardening side kick. we have fun with it. it looks like you picked good things to start with. and mmmmmmmmm...cilantro AND salsa!
How exciting! We have a little garden every year and I just love popping to the back yard for fresh picked salad fixings. My dad always had a great garden when I was growing up. You should think about starting to compost, too. It pretty easy to start a small compost, then just throw in your vegetable scraps, egg shells, etc. and mix. Pretty much just playing in dirt. Your son should enjoy that, too. Good luck with the seedlings and I look forward to your update. =]
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