Perseverance and a Plant

June is learning the power of perseverance.

In April, during our annual "seed soup" party, June started six or eight Nasturtium seeds.  Starting seeds with the kids is not something I do with precision.  The basil seeds mix with the tomato, which mix with the nasturtium, which mix with the lavender.  I don't even bother labeling.  It's one big guessing game as the shoots peek up through the dirt.

Later in May, however, one recognizable nasturtium plant grew big enough to transfer to a pot.  June adopted it and watered it all summer, on the irregular care-taking schedule of an 8-year-old.

Finally, 6 months later, she got a single yellow flower!  It brought her immense joy.