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Vegetable Gardens and Seed Exploration #NatureBookClub #NatureStudy

June 20, 2019 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

This month’s Nature Book Club theme is gardening and gardens. I am not sure about you but here in the Midwest it’s been hard to get our garden started with all the rain. We have had to start seeds a few times.

How a Seed Grows

Since we are diving into Botany this Summer I thought it would be good for the little boys to learn all about seeds and do some seed exploration. We own the book, How a Seed Grows, which delves into what seeds look like as well as how to grow vegetable gardens.

I wanted my children to see how seeds sprout and germinate at different rates so I spread a variety of seeds out on a paper towel. Each day we misted the paper towel and made sure to keep the seeds moist.

Seeds on a tray

 

My youngest wanted to get a look at these seeds by using a magnifying glass to take a closer look. He inspected each type of seed carefully before he decided he was done.

Seeds and magnifying glass

It amazed me how long some of the seeds took to sprout and how some seeds just never did! I picked out the seeds that I wanted us to explore but the boys helped lay them out in rows on the paper towel.

Seeds sprouted on paper towel

Here’s the list of vegetable garden seeds chosen:
Tomato- (mystery seeds that I had saved) possibly heirloom
Snow Peas- Avalanche from
Lima beans- Fordhook 742
Corn- Wade’s from Baker Creek
Melon- from Baker Creek
Beet- McGregor’s Favorite from Baker Creek
Okra- Stalley from Baker Creek
Bush Beans- Royal Burgundy
Watermelon- Moon and Stars from Baker Creek

 

We planted radish seeds and Nebula carrot seeds in the garden outside back in May.

Big Red planting seeds

We sort of forgot about the seeds we planted until we were out pulling some weeds after a few weeks of rain. I spotted the radish first and called Lil’ Red over to pull it out of the ground.

Lil' Red radish

 

Welcome to Nature Book Club Monthly Link Up Mo. 18

JUNE 2019 Gardens Nature Book Club IG 2019

Join #NatureBookClub June 20-31 to learn about #gardens  AND linkup YOUR #naturestudy posts

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June’s theme for #NatureBookClub is Gardens

Be sure to check out the other Co-hosts as they share garden activities, crafts and projects! I know it might be hard to choose just one post of gardens to share so do not worry you can share up to 3 posts in the link up below!

Worm Activities & Printables from Jenny at Faith & Good Works

Art project from Emily at Table Life Blog

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Online Nature Book Club from Dachelle at Hide the Chocolate

How and Why to Make a Composter from Erika at The Playful Scholar

Link Up Guidelines

  • Choose an engaging nature book, do a craft or activity, and add your post to our monthly link up.
  • The link up party goes live at 9:00 a.m. EST on the 20th of each month and stays open until the last day of the month. Hurry to add your links!
  • You can link up to 3 posts. Please do not link up advertising posts, advertise other link up parties, your store, or non-related blog posts. They will be removed.
  • By linking up with us, you agree for us to share your images and give you credit of course if we feature posts.

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Also, join our  Nature Book Club Facebook Group!

Nature Book Club theme for July is Polinators

JULY Pollinators Nature Book Club IG 2019

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