Rina has been wanting to get a pet; she wants a dog or cat. We told her that she was too young for a pet and that she would have to keep a plant alive for a while before we would even consider getting a fish, let alone a puppy.
So we put a seed in a flower pot and she watered it well. Every day she would check on it's progress as it sprouted and grew on a sunny ledge in our enclosed back porch. Soon it had out-paced the other identical seeds we had planted in another pot right next to hers.
...And after a while it seemed we had a phenomenon on our hands.
The zinnia which usually grows to 15 cm to a maximum of 1 meter, has now outgrown our 4-year-old daughter at an amazing 4 feet!
Now that she has out-gardened our plan to keep her pet-less, how to explain why she can't get a puppy...I guess we'll have to think about that one!
We haven't gotten her a proper pet yet, but we did let her bring in a garden snail to watch in a mason jar complete with a snail-happy habitat of damp dirt, old leaves, and fresh green leaves every few days.
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I am amazed by the plant growth - I don't think I have every seen anything like that. Maybe she can give me lessons....I think I have killed ever plant I have ever had within a matter of months. ;-)
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