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The Mermaid is now obsessed with gardening.
She is going to be participating in a homeschooler's fair later this year and her project will be...gardening!!
Today we planted some veggies and herbs to be transplanted later into our garden:
Lavender
Broccoli
Bell Peppers.
In addition to the avocado we are attempting to sprout, we also sprouted a garlic clove and are attempting to sprout a sweet potato. Here's the garlic clove on day one.
Here it is on day three. It sprouted fairly quickly.
By the end of the week I had switched it over to soil.
Still no sign of sprouting on the potato yet.
We're also trying to grow a pineapple plant. Like the avocado, it can be difficult to succeed and it will take at least a couple years for the plant to produce fruit, if any. But it looks cool and we'll have fun trying.
We've also attempted to sprout lentils, with no real success so far.
And we did an experiment to see how plants drink.For every plant or project, The Mermaid has a gardening journal in which she writes the date planted or project started, and if applicable, the day sprouted and harvested. Then she draws a picture and takes notes.
She also has a page in her journal dedicated to the layout of our 32 square foot garden that we plan on putting together this weekend.
She's so excited and her enthusiasm is contagious. I'm looking forward to the warmer weather!!
3 comments:
I think this is really awesome! I'm a loyal reader even though I don't have children yet. This is something I'd like to try with my (future) children.
im just getting into gardening pretty seriously... always been good with cucumbers and peps but im moving up to tomatoes... so this was pretty awesome for me to stumble upon!
I have been thinking of starting some veggies in doors. This was great. Adriana and I are going to have to talk about this tomorrow. :)
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