WFMW- Growing Gardeners

 I come from a long lineage of good gardeners.  Well maybe 2 generations, but who’s counting.  My sister has the green thumb bug too.  Unfortunately I have not been blessed in the gardening department.  I’ve decided to be merciful to the all plants out there and just take a pass at gardening.  I mean how many plants do you have to kill before you get the hint?

That was until I had kids.  Baby #1 recently did a series on plants and seeds at school so I thought that this would be a fun way to reinforce what he learned and hopefully get them interested in gardening.  So I bought Baby #1 and Baby #2 their own terra cota pots to plant some seeds in.  First we had to paint the pots because we can’t have plain pots out on our front porch. 

After the paint dried we put the soil, seeds, and water into the pots and waited.  We planted them on Saturday and have been watering them every other day or so and today I saw the first signs of life!!  Little sprouts are coming out. 

If I had some photoshop skills I would point an arrow at the sprout because it’s really hard to see.  Trust me it’s there.  I planted Daliahs because they looked pretty on the seed packet and they do well in heat.  I think that the difference this time is that the plants won’t forget to get watered. For one I pass them every time I go out the front door.  For another the kids love to water them so they ask several times a day if it’s time. For once I won’t have a plant die of thirst.

If you have any advice for a novice gardener please leave me a comment.  Even if it’s something you assume that everyone already knows- because chances are I don’t.  This fun project works for me.  For more great tips check out Rocks in my Dryer.