Elementary Orange Trees

...We have had a few visitors...

So far, we have caught 2 birds and a ton of frogs in our greenhouse. The birds I could not identify but they were small like a sparrow, each with different colorings. They were beautiful and I felt SO bad for trapping them. However, I opened the front door and let them free. I wouldn't mind if they came back for a visit.

This little guy, however, was making itself comfortable inside of my plastic Tupperware cup. I let him be, but I stole a photo to show you how handsome he is. If you're looking for prince charming, I think I found him?

Its been 2 months and 2 days since I first planted the seeds. Joey took out 2 of the seeds in the dirt because he thought they weren't going to grow, but 7 of the 10 that remained pushed through and made it to sprouting. Their roots were getting long, so it was time to transplant them into bigger pots.

There were some pots left over from transplanting the four gigantic mint bushes. Those were planted on the side of the garage where it is half shade and half sun, and though they were growing crazy when they were in full sun, they are stable in their new climate. The other pots were 3 leftover black plastic pots from a small landscaping project, a coffee can (thanks mom!!!) and a white vase/pot that I have no idea what to do with and that I have had since my high school agriscience class. The only downside is the coffee can and the white vase/pot don't have draining holes, so I planted the weak trees in those in case they just don't make it from over or under watering. The soil I used was MiracleGro, a bag 2.5 cu/ft or 70.5L. I only used 1/2 the bag for these.

Here are the mint plants that were transplanted. They have plenty of room to grow now. Joey said their roots were crammed together, and that was only after a month of watering and sitting in the sun. He also fertilized the plants with an attachable MiracleGro water hose head.

Well, it's been a beautiful day and happy blogging, but I must get going! LaLaLaaaa...
Join in next time for another episode of N4N in a few weeks (:

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