Tuesday, March 16, 2010

PLANTING SEEDS

With the little bit of warm weather we had last week, the girls and I decided it was time to plant some seeds indoors. We found these great seed planting kits at the local hardware store. Banana picked out a kit for planting spring bulbs.
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Boo and I decided to plant our very favorite - Petunias!! I spend so much money on planting Petunias every year, that I thought this would be a much more economical way to still get lots of flowers without paying lots of money!!

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These kits are just the best - they come with a compressed disc of soil that expands when they are watered, and are held together by a small mesh pouch that you can plant right in the ground.

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It was a lot of fun to watch the soil "grow" after we watered it.

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And the top shelf in our sunny school room corner has been made into a mini-greenhouse. We will keep you posted on the growth of our little seedlings!

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2 comments:

Nana said...

Now here is a project I can get into. I am SO ready to be planting. So far none of the nurseries have what I am looking for. I guess our winter put all the plants coming in later than norm. Good luck with your plants.

SGB said...

Heather.
I got to your blog from Pam Saxons blog. I am also a homeschooling mom of 21 years. My youngest is 13 and my only student left. I love your pictures and thought you might like to go to my blog where I share different posts about motherhood, current issues etc. Also if you go to Pams blog her latest post of sister are my four daughters. I also have a wonderful son off at college.
My blog is: www.HomeTreasuresMinistry.com
You can also get to it from Pams.
Enjoy ever minute they grow oh so fast!