DIY {Spring Seed Starting}

Can you believe it is going to be in the 70s and 80s for a few days! This weather makes me feel so happy.

The boys are in shorts and t-shirts and that makes me smile!

I am always in search of ways to accomplish what I want to do while giving the boys a chance to have fun and learn something too. Last year we did a trial run of 6 little Jiffy pellet seed starters (not sure if that is the technical name – you find them at Lowe’s, Walmart, etc.). The seeds flourished into beautiful flowers for our front flower bed. So this year I upped it to 216 pellets – why do it small? I spent $34.00 and will have 216 annuals and perennials in a couple of weeks. The boys get to learn about how plants grow and we are having fun each day checking out how things are changing.

Here the boys are starting out. You can actually just fill the bins with water then pour out excess, but if you give your kids medicine droppers it will take A LOT LONGER…which is great with preschoolers!

One of the first plants to really start growing are the Sunflowers (they are for the back vegetable garden). They will grow to be 12 feet tall. I think it is so interesting that the roots grow down and pop the seeds up. FUN FUN FUN.