Special Delivery

Joel received a package the other day with some diving fins he had ordered and was excited to open. The kids thought the fins were o.k., but the box was a true prize! Seth managed to get the packing tape off and proceeded to adorn both himself and Ellie with it.

They both paraded around pretty pleased with themselves...

until, that is, the time came for Mom to help rip it off!

Our ward put together an 'Emergency Preparedness' activity this last Saturday called "The Morning After". The idea being to help get everyone aware and prepared for things they might need to know and do after a big disaster hits our area.

I was ask to teach a class on 'Heirloom Gardening', or planting seeds and growing produce that you can collect seeds from to plant again the next year. (Something not nearly as easy and straight forward as it sounds and I thought it was!)

This is something that I knew nothing about, so I spent many hours looking stuff up and figuring it out. This book "Seed to Seed" was a great resource and I would highly recommend it to anyone who would like to harvest their own seeds.

As part of my class they ask me to have a plant start, to hand out to help people get started. They told me I could order starts and just turn in my receipts to the ward, but that seemed like a waste of money. I bought some heirloom sugar pumpkin seeds and containers and dirt and hoped I could get something to grow before my class.

Seth got in and got his hands dirty and helped me get all the dirt in the pots and even helped put the seeds in.

And Seth and I are glad to report that our efforts were a success! (and the class went well too)

I don't know that I will become the green thumb in the family, but it was fun to see something grow of our own efforts.