Jack and Rachael’s Plant Adventure

Day 7:

That is exactly what I was thinking as I checked our seedlings (or lack there of) this morning, “What is that?!” What was it? It was two little corn seedlings poking up from the dirt but that isn’t what I saw at first. The first thing I saw was a spot of dirt standing up at a 45 degree angle. It wasn’t a large spot of dirt, only a little section about an inch long/around if that but it still looked weird. It took me a second to realize it was standing up like that because there was a seedling under it. When the tiny seedlings poked through the surface of the dirt they took a little stick and a clump of dirt with them causing it to stand on top of the two seedlings. I was surprised at how strong they were. The stick and dirt weren’t heavy but the little seedlings actually pushed the stick through the dirt to the surface and beyond, I was impressed. One of the corn seedlings is about 5/16 inch tall and the other is 7/16 tall. I like their color, it is a milky, creamy green, very spring, it reminds me of Easter too. The pictures don’t really do the color justice.





When I noticed that the corn had sprouted I grabbed the container and ran to the kitchen to show Jack. He obviously has a green thumb since the only plants we have had sprout up until now have been things he has planted. Maybe I will have to stay away from the garden and he will have to do all the work

Updates on the plants that are already growing:
The lettuce has grown an inch since they poked up from the surface on Thursday. The tallest lettuce in the group is 1 7/8 inches. There are now 18 seedlings in the group, two more poked up yesterday. On the “older” seedlings the leaves are starting to separate and they are starting to look like little plants. The largest potato plant, Potato One, is now 16 inches tall. It is growing like mad, it has grown 3 inches since Wednesday! I love to watch the plants throughout the day. Potato One really likes to lean into the window so we have to make sure to turn the pot occasionally so that the stalk doesn’t get too bent. The lettuce seedlings are growing like crazy and they REALLY like to lean toward the window. Jack noticed them leaning this morning so he turned them away from the window. When I looked at them this afternoon they were leaning the opposite direction toward the window again and they were almost completely sideways, it looked as if the wind had blown really hard on them and bent them. We are going to have to make sure to turn the lettuce more than once a day.

I have some photos of the lettuce to show but do not have any of the potatoes and garlic. I am just learning the art of still photography. I didn’t even know that my camera had digital macro until Sunday when we planted all of our seeds. It helps to take clear pictures when I can hold still or the light is just right but sometimes even with perfect conditions then my pictures come out terribly. I have been trying to post my best pictures but even then sometimes my best aren’t very good (the lettuce pictures below are a little blurry :/ ). Bear with me, I am learning. Maybe I will have to designate Jack my photographer until I get the hang of things… Anyway, here are the pictures of the lettuce. If you look closely you can see them leaning toward the window, though it is much less than they were when I found them this afternoon.







Stay tuned for more updates…