The alliums are getting ready to go and most (but not all) of the muscari have passed. I'm not sure that she'll stick with the gardening. She's eight-years-old after all and there aren't a whole lot of things that really hold her attention for a long while. But that's ok, because you can't really expect every kid to have a profound and sustained interest in gardening even if it excites most of them in the moment. They're kids after all and their world moves fast and their interests flit and evolve. But if she remembers those birthday alliums and enjoys them when they finally open, it won't matte if she leaves her interest in gardening behind until she's older or perhaps forever, it will still have been worth the fun of planting those bulbs together last fall.
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I again a half-baked profound insight about how cultivating a child's interest in gardening is like gardening itself...you plat the seeds, you nurture it, you hope it turns out a certain way but it is really not all under your control... :)
By again, I mean I am. Damn autocorrect. Plat = plant. Grrrr. Too early in the morning, that is my problem.
The muscari are one of my favourite spring bulbs.I also noticed today in my front garden that I have some allium about to come into flower, I dont even remember planting them but I must have done so last autumn with the rest of the spring bulbs I put in. They are stunning when they flower arent they? Great that Emma is into her gardening!
:) If there's one thing I've learned from my nieces and nephews it's that they are very much their own individual selves right from the beginning.
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