veryquirkygirl

Checking on our potatoes was on the list of to dos at the greenhouse today. Each girl planted and named two potatoes a piece. On the way through Miss Abigail was harvesting sunflower sprouts. She let the girls try one a piece. The sprouts taste like sunflower seeds except crisp and juicy not dry and crunchy. They were a hit with both Sydney and Paige who kept sneaking a few more when I wasn't looking. We will be buying our own seeds to sprout at home.

Sydney with the, "They all say I should try this but well should I really?" look.
Finally the potatoes!!! If I remember correctly and I will verify this with Miss Sydney when she's awake.... Sydney's potatoes were the only "babies" that had sprouted, much pride in having your potato start growing first!
Sydney and Paige holding sprouts, they love those sprouts, along with a potato from another pot that had already begun establishing roots. The big trick here was letting Paige observe the roots while not letting her mangle the poor plant.
We spent the rest of the afternoon scanning an old scrapbook. Which was a collection of newspaper articles about the Pioneer Garden. Very interesting and now both girls have a marketable job skill....they are professional document scanners.