I would LOVE to be a gardener, but I'm just not. I don't know what color thumb I have, but it's definitely NOT green!So, at the end of the previous school year, Thatcher had some Master Gardeners come to his class and they all planted seeds. He brought home a green bean, marigold, sunflower, and a pumpkin plant. The instructions said to leave them in the ziploc bag, & put it in a sunny window for a week, then plant them in the yard. My first thought was to toss it in the trash because I KNEW of the outcome due to my handicap.....but Thatcher was REALLY excited about these plants, so I humored him.
At the end of the week, I actually had sprouts and admittedly got a little excited myself. I was talking to my mom and she said "All you do is dig a hole, stick the plant in, and water it! You can do it!" So, I went outside and dug holes and planted the little sprouts. I think "the glass is half empty" theory works to not get hopes up on occasion, so I told Thatcher "DON'T get excited! They probably WON'T grow!"
To try to make this long story short....they all died EXCEPT the pumpkin! We have a MASSIVE vine in our backyard growing in all directions and after weeks of observing, we FINALLY have a pumpkin!! (Hence the picture) We actually found 2 other tiny ones as well, so we might possibly have 3!
The boys are so excited and we've all learned so much about how pumpkins grow! I had NO idea that large yellow flowers would grow on the vine. The first ones to grow are the male flowers. Then they all die. The next ones to grow are the female flowers and THEY have the pumpkins under them!
Did everyone know that, but us? If so...no comments please! :0)
I had absolutely NO faith that any of them would grow, least of all the pumpkin....
Don't you love how God likes to knock our unbelieving socks off....perhaps if I would have had faith the size of a mustard seed, ALL of them would have grown! I will say that today my faith is right about the size.... of a pumpkin seed!!
To be continued......
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excellent!
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