One Pack of Seeds

Seeds!

        One little pack of seeds can sprout into a beautiful garden.

       Last fall I trimmed some  very overgrown bushes in my yard and cleared the space in between.  This spring the bushes started to sprout new green leaves.  I decided to plant wild flowers in the empty spaces. No big thing.  I sprinkled the seeds onto the dirt and raked them in. For a few days I faithfully watered the seeds until little green leaves started to poke through the earth. 
    
       I spent a few weeks away from home and was afraid that all my baby flowers would be all dried up.  Happily, when I got back my flowers were in bloom. 

   
    The neat thing is that every week some new flower bloomed.  

       These were the latest to bloom.
    

        In the fall, when the flowers die, the flowers will drop their seeds for next spring.  Then I will have a new arrangement of beautiful wild flowers in my garden.  

     So when you see those little packets of seeds in the store, buy one and grow some lovely little flowers.  They will brighten each  day with new blossoms.

     Even though it is the fisrt day of August, fall is coming the school year is just getting started. But plan ahead. Put this one in your planner for the spring.  Grow some with flowers in your classroom.  Could be a great Mother's Day gift from your students.

    Today I linked up with Forever in Fifth Grade  for Show and Tell  Tuesday.

https://foreverinfifthgrade.blogspot.com/2017/08/show-tell-tuesday-back-to-school-time.html 


    Have a great end of your summer and a successful school year.

Beti

Spring in Michigan

Spring in Michigan
Coming Soon! 

      Spring in Michigan is so lovely. Sure, it can be rainy and cold. But it always gives us something beautiful if we wait long enough. I am so looking forward to the warmer sunnier days to come.

        I was away for a good part of April and this is what I came home to see. Yellow and white daffodils and narcissus stand so tall and wave in the breeze.

  My red bud tree has never looked this striking and full of color. My husband trimmed it back last year. 

  We have hundreds and hundreds of these grape hyacinths in the yard.  They multiply like crazy. I love to look out and see all the bright colors against the green grass.  There are a few dandelions popping up.  I guess I'll have to get out the weed killer soon.

           The squirrels always have a great time playing in the spring time.
      

            The bright red cardinals look so beautiful against the new green leaves.

           My crocus are the first to come up.  They make me smile.
 Spring is the most wonderful time of the year. If you have a few minutes, go back a few posts. You can see the baby hummingbirds that I had the privilege to watch hatch while I was away.  The mother hummingbird took time to feed on the flowers in Arizona, and I had some time to take pictures of the babies. 

Happy Spring to all!

Beti