Sprouting Encouragement

Today our school science teacher, Mrs. Zea Mays, pulled up our blog, Cornnecticut Cornversation, and showed our classes using the "Smart Board."  (A "Smart Board" is a big white board much like a really huge TV screen.  You can write on it like a grease board using special markers.)  We thought it was really cool that she did that -- and that a lot of our classmates expressed an interest in having their own garden.  If they do, they'll learn it's a lot of work at first, but then, if you keep tending to it, it gets easier AND you get to eat the "fruits of your labor."  (Our Pop likes that line!)

The funniest part of Mrs. Zea Mays showing our classes our blog was when she asked about one type of corn: Was that Blood Axe Man?  No!  It was Bloody Butcher!  Our classmates thought that is a weird name for corn, and some asked if they could see it.  So we will try to put together a little display that shows all the seeds, along with their normal and weird names.  By the way, Zea Mays is a type of corn too!  That's not really our science teacher's name, but we figure if everyone else gets a name related to corn then so should she!  We hope she likes it!  :)

And speaking of sprouting, look!  Stowell's Evergreen was the first to start sprouting!  It's fun looking after our baby seeds, but sometimes we worry.  Last night we came close to having a frost which could kill them.  We're glad they're OK and hope warmer days -- and nights -- are on their way!