If You Plant It, It Will Grow

At a Primary activity a while back, both girls were able to plant a green bean seed. We haven't done much of anything with seeds or plants because we haven't had anywhere to put them. But the girls were diligent about watering their seeds, and within a few days, lo and behold, green shoots began to push through the dirt.

We found a better spot to put the plants in the house, hoping they would get more sun, and would occasionally take them outside. I knew we needed to re-pot them from their little paper cups, but we didn't get around to getting potting soil forever, and then got a bad bag. In the meantime, one of the plants was just shooting up. Mierae got so excited about it, but when I asked my friend for help with our gardening adventure, she said the plant was reaching for the sun. Oops. Oh, and she told me that once the plant was getting blossoms, we needed to get it outside so it could be pollenated by the bees. Oh, right. Of course it does! (You'd think I'd know more about gardening since we usually had a garden when I was growing up! But, I guess I really didn't help much! Sorry, Mom. All those summer mornings I slept in instead of getting up to weed....)

Well, Eric finally got around to re-potting the plants and putting them outside, and then they were pounded in a rainstorm. The tall plant's stem got bent, and we thought it had died. Eric tried to prop it up with sticks, and then plastic forks, but we thought it was gone. Just a few days later though, we were surprised to find that each plant had two green beans growing on it. We were so excited! It was hard to wait until the perfect time to pick them; Mierae couldn't resist! So after she picked one green bean, I had to take a picture of our beloved green bean plants and the fruits of our labor.





Lucky for us, our kids LOVE green beans. (Personally, I hated them when I was a kid!)

After enjoying the spoils that afternoon, the girls then proceeded to throw leftover potting soil at the back door and got it all over the patio. Not my favorite day. Another reason why being a mom is hard: I HATE messes!