Friday, July 18, 2008
Green Thumb with Produce
As proof that some skills do skip generations, like other genetic traits, here’s MacKenzie showing off the fruits of her green thumb. Actually, she’s showing off one fruit plant (yes, tomatoes are fruits) and one veggie (red-tipped lettuce). Nana has a tremendous green thumb, while I manage to kill off most everything green that gets close to requiring my care, so I'm glad that this trait skipped a generation.
MacKenzie grew the tomato plants from seeds as part of a Girl Scout project, and brought home a fledgling lettuce plant from one of her Summer Camp field trips. She repotted them both last night, just before heading to the states this morning, in hopes that they survive while she’s gone. Hopefully the tomato plants will flourish and bear fruit before the end of the summer. I’ll probably have a very nice salad with a few leaves of lettuce in a few days, but will leave enough in the dirt to regenerate more for subsequent salads.
I think she can hardly wait to help Nana and Papa in their bountiful garden...once she gets over jet-lag, that is.
MacKenzie grew the tomato plants from seeds as part of a Girl Scout project, and brought home a fledgling lettuce plant from one of her Summer Camp field trips. She repotted them both last night, just before heading to the states this morning, in hopes that they survive while she’s gone. Hopefully the tomato plants will flourish and bear fruit before the end of the summer. I’ll probably have a very nice salad with a few leaves of lettuce in a few days, but will leave enough in the dirt to regenerate more for subsequent salads.I think she can hardly wait to help Nana and Papa in their bountiful garden...once she gets over jet-lag, that is.
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