Making Roots and Shoots
We started seeds about 2 weeks ago in our little Burpee greenhouses. Tracking and investigating their progress has become an ongoing science project in gardening chemistry! Gardening with kids has become a significant part of our homeschool curriculum.
The cucumbers are getting tall, and the carrots and peppers are all sprouting. Two tomatoes are up, but there’s no sign of anything in the third little pod.
You can see the tiny shell of the seed still clinging onto the seed leaves of some of the bean plants.
The big leaves are starting to emerge in the center of the seed leaves of the bean plants. We observed that these new leaves have jagged edges, unlike the smooth seed leaves.
Our baby jalapeno pepper plants have tiny shells of the jalapeno seeds still clinging to the ends of the leaves.
Two of our tomatoes are showing progress, but one isn’t peeking out yet.
We started a new batch of seeds to add to the garden party: sunflowers, Blue Lake beans, pumpkins. Stay tuned!
Your seedlings look wonderful! You are going to have quite the variety of vegetables this year. I’m happy to be joining everyone this week for our garden party.
That’s quite an operation you have going. I’m only motivated to start our heirloom pink tomatoes indoors. Everything else is at the disposition of the head gardener. Jo @ Let’s Face the Music
Never thought of beginning green beans indoors. Hmmm… Dropping on by from An Oregon Cottage.
My kids are having so much fun tracking the progress of our plants that we decided to plant more seeds in the seed trays instead of waiting to put them straight into the ground. Maybe the plants will be sturdy enough to survive the deer and bunnies when we move them from the porch to the garden 🙂
Your starts look wonderful–very nice pictures! I have some lettuce starts that I am hardening off to plant outside, hopefully soon.