Monday, 03 November 2008

• Kaleidescope Garden

   With a move in the near future, I thought of yet another thing I was able to use up to lighten the packing.  Although these wouldn't have taken up much space.  The kids and I decided to take all of our left over seeds from the past 11 years and plant them sort of randomly in the vacant chicken yard that is now richly fertilized from the manure.  We emptied all the seed packets into one bowl, then gave everyone their own plot of earth.  They enjoyed putting the seeds in.  Sh15by planted hers in neat rows and covered them.  Bl11k planted his with the help of Ab2 in small patches and used markers to identify.  B10n just scattered his then raked the dirt over.  Then I took the left overs and threw then in the edges of the dirt and also in the rich area under the fig tree.  Since the fig tree has lost most of it's leaves the sunlight will be able to come through the branches and germinate (hopefully) some of the seeds.  When we studied plants last chapter, we learned that some seeds are good to plant for years and were kept by Indians and Egyptians for many years.  And then some seeds (most) need to be planted with in a year.  I guess you could say we are experimenting.  A little earth science study.  In the mix was flowers, herbs, fruits, veggies, and gourds.  I can remember in years past, the kids didn't have a big interest in gardening like I do, but this time they seemed to actually enjoy it and can't wait to see the first sprouts.

  We will be starting a new chapter in Weaver tomorrow.  I still need to plan, plan, plan.  The last 2 chapters were material that I knew pretty well, but I think this one will be learning for all of us.  This is good.

   

   

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