Last week, lil man and I planted seeds. I have never grown anything from seeds, having the proverbial black thumb. We planted okra, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, beets, nasturtiums, mint and four-o-clocks. We used the Jiffy Plant Starter kit which has room for 72 seedlings.
3 days later, everything the boy touched is at least 2 inches high. My seeds? Struggling to break ground. I was whining about this and he informed me that he knew why.
His hands were dirty to start with so his plants got a head start! He thinks that if I just played outside more my plants would grow better.
He could be right.
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LOL! I like his way of thinking. Too cute! I'm like you, no green thumb here!
He makes sense. You have a smart Lil Man there! But I hate to tell you I planted one of those a couple of weeks ago and they're all up. And I didn't have dirty hands. :)
what a very lovely thought!
i 've grown tomatoes from seeds before. but i'm not sure it's worth the effort.
(i LOVE tomatoes. i only mean it's a lot easier to get bedding plants.)
that is very cute!!
Ah - the wisdom of children! He might just be right!
Sounds like he knows what he's talking about.
BTW, tag, you're it.
Love that C.S. Lewis quote!
I saw a guy filling a planter downtown with pansies--I half think it's too early for northern Ohio, but it got me thinking about my own backyard. Most of it is perennials so I don't have to mess with them. Still--gotta love annual flowers.
I've tried for 3 years to grow from scratch in Feb-Mar, nursed them, turned them in the sunlight coming through my office window, and they will get about 4 inches high, and just shrivel up and die. I'm buying from the nursery this year. Good luck, and Lil Man, like NLM, has warped thinking!
Ha! Freaking brilliant.
I suffer from the same "black thumb" affliction.
We just paid an enormous amount of money to have our beds landscaped and I am TERRIFIED I will soon kill it all! This will prompt my husband to take similar action against me!
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