The warm weather we've been having has sent the garlic into full gear, as can be seen in the photo at left. Also, as of today, there are a variety of seeds in the ground! Last week we prepared the soil by working in some horse manure. Today I was afraid planting would be prohibited by the rain, but the soil was still quite dry. So, between light showers, we went out and planted lettuce, carrots, peas, and other early crops. Here's hoping for a good, soaking rain that actually wets the soil and helps our seeds sprout! (Stay away, bunnies!)
We also talked about plant classification and learned to identify monocots and dicots based on the seed or leaf of a plant: monocots have a one-part seed and parallel veined leaves (corn and other grasses, onions, etc.), while dicot seeds have two parts and their leaves have netted veins (beans, oaks, dandelions, etc.). Here you can see the Green Chillis working on their classification charts. |
Final update for the day: the seeds we started inside over the past couple of weeks have started to spring up beautifully! For example, here are three vivacious moonflower seedlings.