People sat outside at the local cafes, and more people walked around outside in town. We also sat outside for a bit, without feeling like we were risking freezing to death.
So it seemed like a good day to start a little garden.
For Girl Scouts this year, Chelsea must complete an independent badge. She selects a topic, learns about it, and completes an activity with parent help. As soon as she heard that one of the badges was called "Scribe" there was no further discussion.
Savannah is in the same troop, but she's younger and doesn't have this requirement. Since we're away, the troop leader thought she might like to complete one of the independent badges anyway. She jumped at the chance.
I think the troop leader thought the girls might like to work together. I thought maybe the girls would like to work on a project together. We were both wrong.
Savannah chose the "Gardener" badge.
The final activity in working toward this badge is to make your own garden. We decided that the best we could do here is a kitchen herb garden.
We watched some YouTube videos to figure out what might grow on our windowsill, and Savannah made a list of plants she wanted to grow.
We bought some seeds and one little plant. Some soil and one little pot.
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| Tiny seeds in a little hands. A mother's heart swells. |
We waited a day to get started, our little cilantro plant sort of wilted. We stuck it in the pot anyway.
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| Planting the droopy cilantro. |
We found another, bigger pot outside our apartment, so we planted the seeds in there.
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| Potting soil for the chive seeds. |
It is unfortunate that Savannah has me helping with her gardening badge, because I have black thumbs. I have killed all of the plants that were supposed to be the easiest to keep alive. Succulents. Lucky bamboo. African violets in self-watering pots. (Sorry, Mom.)
Here's hoping Sweden will work its magic and these little plants will survive.
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