I did a little Just-for-fun gardening this weekend! Hannah and Annette saw and ad on T.V. for one of those pre-seeded mats that you roll out and water and up pops an instant flower garden. This one in particular was a square that had sunflower seeds around the edges and I suppose grass seed in the middle. It's meant to be a little "enclosed" play area. I don't know what it cost but my guess is $19.95 plus shipping. Anyway, if you know me then you know I am incredibly tight with my money when it comes to buying stuff! There is no way I would pay that much for sunflower seeds! So I went to the Dollar General and got a 25cent packet of sunflower seeds and two bags of pottong soil from Walmart and dug out a square border's-worth of sod from the backyard. I filled the trench that the sod left behind with the potting soil and then planted the sunflower seeds. Total invesment: $2.25. Now we wait and see if it grows into the little play area with sunflower walls the girls are hoping for! In theory, it sounds like it should be a great place for them to play and be creative this summer!
2 comments:
WOW! That is such a fantastic idea! Last year I tried planting (old) sunflower seeds and nothing came up. I'm nervous to try it again, I was so disappointed. But this is such a great idea I might have to put it into my garden/backyard plans!
This is such a neat idea. The girls will love to play in there. The boys would love something like that, but a fort made out of flowers might be a little too feminine...
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