Gardening in May

by | Jun 21, 2010 | 3 yr old, science | 0 comments

I just realized I totally forgot about our Memorial Day weekend full of gardening!

First, a post about our corner garden:

Last year Cutie Pie and I had transplanted some hostas to a nice spot in need of love on our property and harvested the seeds after they flowered. Earlier this spring we planted the seeds in little pots, kept inside, and Cutie Pie kept them in the sun and watered them and we watched them sprout and get bigger. Finally when it was warm enough, which around here means Memorial Day weekend, we decided to transplant them into their permanent home in the corner! Cutie Pie was a great helper, taking the little hosta plants to their new home in our wagon, then helping dig the holes…he was so excited!

The next day, Nana came over and planted some more plants in our corner. She is a great gardener and this year had lots of plants she was cutting back, so she brought some over to us! Cutie Pie was out helping her, too. He loves spending time with her and I’m sure she was delighted doing this with him!

We check on our little hostas every other day or so. Of the eighteen we planted ten have survived! I’m excited about this because I’m not really that much of a gardener – if something is already planted and living I can keep it alive, but growing from seed never seems to work for me. I’m also excited about this because it’s something I’m doing with Cutie Pie that will hopefully culminate in something he can actually see grow and so far he’s stayed interested, even though growing is a long process!
 Sometimes he asks to water the plants, with help from Sweet Pea!  I will try to remember and post a photo at the end of summer when our plants should be bigger and look more impressive!

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