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we’ve got an avocado plant!

avocado plant

It’s been about a month since we planted “the little avocado that could” and just when we were about to give up on it, a little shoot peeked out of the dirt. Honestly, I thought it was part of the root that didn’t get buried far enough in the soil, but upon closer inspection I noticed leaves. Since then, it’s been growing like crazy.

I have really enjoyed this little experiment with my daughter. It was slow going and she lost interest for awhile, but it has definitely been a lesson in patience. (We started way back in April.) But given our recent success, we’re talking about starting something else from our book. I’m thinking lemon seeds.

What’s growing in your garden?

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ignore your tomato plants and they’ll thrive?

farmers market tomato plant

Last year I may have tried too hard with my tomato and cucumber plants. I gave them tons of TLC and didn’t get much in return.

I got these little plants almost two weeks ago at the Farmers’ Market. I tucked them in the corner on the back porch during a severe thunderstorm and forgot about them for almost a week. Yikes!

But look at them! Still in their plastic container, I’ve got two teeny tiny tomatoes thriving under my neglect. I think I might be on to something here.

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my creative space

my creative space

In my creative space today, I’m helping my daughter with a few seed projects. She found this book in the cupboard a few weeks ago and has been studying it for foods that we have in our kitchen. So far she’s collected seeds from an apple and a lemon. I’ve given her a few avocado seeds, but they have all dried out before we had a chance to get our sphagnum moss. (She took them to nature school show-n-tell, instead.)

Now that we’ve got our moss, she keeps asking me when I’m going to eat That Avocado in the Refrigerator and could I please remove the seed gently with a spoon? Wish us luck!

stash: I won this book from a giveaway by the publisher on Facebook. It hangs out with my stash of cookbooks, although I have a feeling it might be moving to her bookshelves in the future.

What’s in your creative space today? Visit Kirsty’s blog to play along.