One of our subjects we're studying this year is gardening. We started gardening last year in 5 gallon buckets but not to much success. We are trying again this year. Over the past month we've mixed soil, picked vegetable and fruits we like to eat, and planted blueberry and blackberry bushes. This past weekend we picked out tomatoes, jalapenos, and cilantro. The children are very excited. We've been growing basil and parsley in plastic cups since January. Those are doing quite well, much to the childrens' joy. They have enjoyed seeing the seeds sprout and marking how many days it takes to get the seeds to sprout.
Setting out the veggies and deciding which plant goes in which bucket. The children helped me decide which bucket was best based on the needs of the plant.
We planted blueberry bushes earlier in the month. The children are having fun watching the leaves sprout and blueberry flower grow. We won't be able to eat the berries until next year so we will be learning how to be patient with our blueberry bushes.
Boy Wonder #2 watering the blueberry bushes, his favorite job.
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