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Garden Party: WALL.E and Eve

December 28, 2010 by Anne Campbell Leave a Comment

Gardening with WALL.E and Eve

My youngest has been cultivating two little seedlings, which started out about 3 inches tall, for over a year now. He named them Wally and Eve, and he checks on them and waters them a few times each week. He was concerned about leaving them out in the snow, but after reassurances that they like the snow, he decided that they looked happy.

When we watched the movie WALL.E, my son wanted to plant a seedling of his own. Our movie happened to come with a coupon to send off for a seedling. The very next week, a new hospital in our community opened, and they handed out seedlings to those who came to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Thus, we ended up with two seedlings to plant with high hopes. I’m happy to report that they are thriving, and this has turned out to be a rewarding gardening project. My son is learning patience, responsibility, and gardening skills, as well as how to be a good steward of the environment.

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The Benefits of Snow

We read the Little House book series a couple of years ago, and I remembered Pa using the snow as fertilizer in one of the books. We found an article about the benefits of snow’s nitrogen content here. Snow is called “the poor man’s fertilizer.” It has several benefits, including:

  • acting as insulation to keep the soil temperature more constant
  • preventing plants from “starting” at the wrong time
  • absorption of nitrogen

So, my son is reassured that WALL.E and Eve should do okay for the winter, and when they get a little bigger, they will take up permanent residence in our yard.

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