A Sprout's Beginning, and Fun Fun Fun at the Zoo!!!

Two important things happened today.

First, one of my bulbs (Dahlia) has finally started to sprout (17 days after planting), and second, I got to go to the Zoo!

See, there is the little sprout sticking up through the dirt. I can't wait until She starts to bloom. I love my plants!

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As mentioned above, I went to the Zoo today. To be more specific, I went to the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson. My Mom and her girl scouts were going, and so I tagged along for the fun of it.

I was very surprised at how crowded it was today! It seemed as if everyone in Tucson was there... well, everyone who had kids that is.

Anyways, I did take a few pictures, and yes, I know they are blue, they were taken with my camera phone, as I forgot to take my real camera with me.

For more images, then you can look at my Flickr page. :)

Balcony Retreat

Sitting outside with my plants on the tiny balcony I have is nearly impossible for me. It is small, and almost no space to put anything on it. It is also very hot on my balcony. When I go out there, I want to be able to bring my laptop out with me so I can get some homework done, or surf the web. Unfortunately, with the Arizona sun being so hot, my computer overheats very easily.

What to do?

Here is my solution! I got out my mushroom camping chair, put it at a corner, and then stuck an umbrella up behind it to give me adequate amount of shade.

You want to guess where I am blogging right now? Yup... thats right... my balcony. Thanks to the umbrella, my computer is shaded enough so it doesn't overheat. :)

Now all I need is for my plants to start blooming... then it is going to be complete.

Spring Planting

Every year around June and July I always see such beautiful gardens on display in magazines, in blogs, and in random pictures around town. I alway think of how wonderful it would be to have a garden of my own. Unfortunately for me, when I see those things and am inspired to start one, it is too late in the year.

This year I decided to fix that problem, and so in February I bought myself some seeds at Wal-mart, and a Greenhouse.

This particular green house only cost me about 6 dollars, and it comes with 75 little plots for plants.

I ended up buying four types of seeds for it, Alyssum, Assorted bachelor buttons, Blue bachelor Buttons, and Forget Me Nots.

4 Days after Planting:

My Plants are starting to Sprout! This is very exciting!

I am still keeping the lid on my greenhouse, but as you can see, their little sprouts are starting to poke up out of the dirt!

My Allysum still have not sprouted, these are just the Benjamin Buttons sprouting up.

2 Weeks and 4 Days

I am in love with how my plants are looking right now! Unfortunately, some of them started to lean and almost lay flat against the dirt. To remedy that, I stuck toothpicks and used sewing thread to put them in an upright manner. Hopefully this will work out.

All the plants seem to be doing well, except for the Alyssum, a couple have already died on me. Hopefully I can get a couple of them to grow well though.