It is March break here in Ontario, and though most years I just push things through with my lad and ignore it, this year I decided we would do things differently.
We would do review materials, bible, and history. The lad would do his private reading but I would cut him slack if he was at the end of a chapter. We would also do outside the house stuff. Drama day, lego, mad science, a movie etc...
Within that I would scatter in other things.... like planting seeds. :)
We would do review materials, bible, and history. The lad would do his private reading but I would cut him slack if he was at the end of a chapter. We would also do outside the house stuff. Drama day, lego, mad science, a movie etc...
Within that I would scatter in other things.... like planting seeds. :)
This year I decided to mix things up abit. Three different ways of starting seeds. The green one was a dollarama purchase it has three layers. The second is a holding tray that I normally put cups into, but decided to just straight plant, and the third a planter I picked up late last fall somewhere....all different ways to plant seeds.
The question is.. which method (if any) will work best.
We will be rotating which is closest to the window and which direction they are facing.
The question is.. which method (if any) will work best.
We will be rotating which is closest to the window and which direction they are facing.
Another thing we are trying differently this year is how we labelled our seeds. Normally I do styrofoam cups and we either stick a popsicle stick in them OR we write on the cup. Then I just layer saran wrap over top and the seeds manage to come up just fine.
This year we wanted to try covering them with the plastic lids so the popsicle stick didn't work (too tall). We problem solved for a bit but weren't coming up with a good solution until Dad came along and said "why not cut down the skewers and use address labels"? Therein a solution was found.
We have learned it is not a perfect solution as the labels are splitting on us, but we hope it'll do until the plants are big enough to tell what is what and then we can put in popsicle sticks if needed.
Next week I am hopeful to plant some seeds outside under our plastic wrap.. things like lettuce and radishes and what not. Good for the bunnies, good for people too. :)
This year we wanted to try covering them with the plastic lids so the popsicle stick didn't work (too tall). We problem solved for a bit but weren't coming up with a good solution until Dad came along and said "why not cut down the skewers and use address labels"? Therein a solution was found.
We have learned it is not a perfect solution as the labels are splitting on us, but we hope it'll do until the plants are big enough to tell what is what and then we can put in popsicle sticks if needed.
Next week I am hopeful to plant some seeds outside under our plastic wrap.. things like lettuce and radishes and what not. Good for the bunnies, good for people too. :)
What did we start?
Tomatoes - cherry and beefsteak
Peppers - hot, small bells, red bells, green bells
Five different types of flowers: cosmos, marva, marigold, zinnia and snapdragon
Yellow Cucumber
Dill
Chives
and one other thing that slips my mind.
We aren't done. Friday we'll plant a few other things like cabbage, broccoli and the like. The lad sells them in the spring for 50 cents each plant. Styrofoam cups make them easy to transport.
Have you started seeds indoors at all this year yet? If so, what are you growing?
Tomatoes - cherry and beefsteak
Peppers - hot, small bells, red bells, green bells
Five different types of flowers: cosmos, marva, marigold, zinnia and snapdragon
Yellow Cucumber
Dill
Chives
and one other thing that slips my mind.
We aren't done. Friday we'll plant a few other things like cabbage, broccoli and the like. The lad sells them in the spring for 50 cents each plant. Styrofoam cups make them easy to transport.
Have you started seeds indoors at all this year yet? If so, what are you growing?
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