Plant a Tree With Odwalla

I love Odwalla juices, and now through May 31 Odwalla will give $1 to The Nature Conservancy for every digital tree you make at the Odwalla Plant a Tree page. With your donation they are working to plant 100,000 trees in America. There will be a tree planted in your name!

Oh, and did I mention the Grand Prize? You can enter to win a $10,000 gift card and free Odwalla drinks and bars for one year!

Click HERE for more information and how you can be a part!

Pumpkin Plants

I've been wanting to write about these seeds for some time. I planted them almost 3 weeks ago, and look how they're growing?

Week 1

 Week 2

 Week 3

I had a large amount of seeds from one pumpkin from last year, and it looked like the seeds were getting moldy. So I took the best looking seeds and I had to plant them. I didn't know how fast they would grow. I also started reading about pumpkin seeds, and I didn't realize how big they would grow! I did plant them a month earlier, but I hope I can get some pumpkins growing!

Theme Days and Wordless Wednesday #1: A walk in the park

If you look at the top of the blog, I created themed days for your viewing pleasure. This way, it'll be easier for me to categorize different things I write about. Other various topics may also be thrown in, like Wordless Wednesdays topics and Photo-A-Day Challenges on Fridays.

Here goes Wordless Wednesday.

Origami Fold Newspaper Pots

I find a lot of gardening tips on Pinterest, and when it combines reusing and recycling product it's good for me.

I found directions for seeding pots from AllOurDays.com. There are pictures with the directions, and that made it very simple to follow.

They are not as sturdy on their own, but when you put dirt inside them they hold together.
They are very good for seedlings and starter plants. I tried planting bigger seeds in them, and the bottom expands. Not a bad way to start though.

This year's garden

It's been a year since I talked about my garden. Most All of the plants in the post from last year have passed away. The cherry tomato plant and the strings beans produced vegetables. The other plants eventually withered away from the summer heat last year.   This year, I grew new plants from the seed (with help from my parents, of course). Here are some pictures:

This is a tomato plant I grew from the seed.

These plants are lemon and grapefruit, I think. I don't know which ones are which.

And these beauties are garlic cloves. I planted them in origami paper cups made out of newspaper. I was surprised to see how they grow. You just plant them, and I hear they grow in any type of dirt/soil.

There's a certain awe and feeling of accomplishment when I see seeds I plant grow. I am amazed at what God has given our hands to do.

Have you been growing anything? Do you plan to this year?

My plants

 

So I had an unexpected spring break on the 2nd week of March, but for reasons out of my control. In other words, I had pink eye and I couldn't go to work. On one of those days, I decided to stop by Home Depot to look for some yarn...I mean rope. I found a pattern for a market bag, and I thought I would make it using small rope. I walked in through the plant section and I ended up looking at the vegetable plants. When I was done with searching for rope, I picked up these plants on the way to the register: sweet basil, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, string bean, watermelon and a blackberry bush. I can't wait until something grows!