We have big plans for a raised vegetable garden in our backyard this year! After doing a bit of research on the internet I decided we'd plant our own seed starts indoors to transplant to our garden when they're ready. After a shopping trip at Walmart we came home with several packets of seeds (some were only .10 per packet!), potting soil, plastic seed start containers, and a box of wildflowers to plant in pots. The kids loved our little project! They were very serious about getting the dirt just right, placing the seeds exactly in the middle, and watering. Elsie wanted so badly to be included that we gave her some dried beans to play with. She felt very big and thought she was planting too. She always wants to be included in what the bigger kids are doing :)
After planting all the seeds I had to figure out a way to keep the soil warmer (between 75 and 80 degrees). I came up with a solution I hope will work. I've got the seed starts sitting in a cookie sheet on the oven with our heating pad sitting underneath (set on low). I'll turn it on and off throughout the day and hopefully it will work.
Now I hope we actually get some sprouts! Oh yeah, and I guess we actually have to build the raised bed soon also.
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I love it! This is great. :) You are an amazing mom. I enjoy your blog and this post was inspiring. Your kids are so cute! Hope you are feeling well. :)
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