fandomhigh | CULTIVATION & GARDENING [1st CLASS] // OCT. 20

"Welcome to your new Cultivation and Gardening session! I'm Justin Quayle, and I'll be your instructor for the year, and I'll be the first to tell you that this class will be easy but challenging to those that don't try to do the work. Also, students are expected to attend my class in the appropriate clothing; such as, jeans or ratty pants that you don't mind getting soiled or an old t-shirt of some sort that you don't mind sweating in.

Gardening holds many demensions, it's more than just planting that tree and watering it, we all can learn from an Oak tree on how to survive, and we can also control the Earth's moving breath. This gardening session should ease your day, make you feel at peace with life or make you feel like you belong in this element."

Justin rounds the huge table up in the front of the room, a large bio-sphere is to the right of the room, enclosed in special materials that make it a mini-green house inside. Having chosen 'bulbs' as the first thing to start the students on, he takes out packets of seeds for them to plant this class and be able to help grow themselves.

"Please choose a plant to put into soil today, I will be asking you why to write about why you chose that particular Amaryllis and what you hope turns out for your little plant." he waves a hand to the pots at the side of the room and the bags of fertilizer, "Proceed at will and do not make a huge mess, we have angry janitors you know!"

[[OOC: Starting this now since it's 11 p.m. here and I'll be a busy person tomorrow. I'll be setting up threads for sign in, plant picking, and plant discussion of why you chose that plant. Give me a minute! *hurries!*]]

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Which Amaryllis are you choosing to plant?

Tell me why you choose this particular Amaryllis, and talk to amongst your classmates as well about it.

Edward is here.

Edward has chosen the 'Magnificent Blossom Peacock,', and now looks for something to plant it in.

As he looks around, he sees the pots and the fertilizer, and starts to collect them. Carefully, Edward puts the soil in the pot, makes a little hole in it with his scissors, studies the bulb to see which side should go up, and then drops it in the soil and covers it a bit. That went fairly well, Ed thinks, and smiles at the bulb.

((OOC: the mun has so much fun planting virtual bulbs yay!))

Paige signs in looking like she's on the verge of a nervous braekdown (which she is)

Kiki signs in. Jiji is with her, as well.

Kiki selects the Picotee Amaryllis. She reads the planting instructions carefully, whispering them to Jiji, then gathers up the soil, fertilizer, a pot, and a can of water. While she's filling the pot and placing the bulb in, Jiji is having a marvelous time going from a black cat to a grubby-brown cat.

At first, (Kiki writes) I was drawn to the Red Peacock and the Red Lion Amaryllis flowers. Red is my favorite color, and those are both beautiful and showy flowers. But then, I thought, everyone will go for the brilliant showy flowers: the double-blooms, the wild color variation, the ones with fancy, regal names. Which is the one least likely to be chosen? I asked myself. Then I saw the Picotee. Simple, understated, reserved, one that doesn't show off and flaunt its beauty. I like it because it is quiet, so to speak.

Wednesday is here, and greatly looking forward to the class.

Wednesday chose a Red Peacock, after much deliberation. Giving Edward a very faint smile, she carefully read the directions.

"That's an interesting choice," Wednesday told her, frowning just a little. "My own garden is mostly dark purples and blues, and is based very heavily both on color and easy maintenance. I chose the Red Peacock because the color would blend and pull out other colors in my own garden."

Kiki nods. "That makes sense. Since I don't have a garden, I've got nothing to clash with this, but I can see why you chose that one. Good reason. I'm sure that must be lovely to see when everything is in bloom."

Thomasina signs the roster and takes a moment to look around the work-area to see if Wednesday is already here.

Thomasina selects the Orange Sovereign. She selects a pot, fills it partway with fertilizer, seats the bulb, inside, oriented correctly and fills in around it with more fertilizer. She does not make a mess.

Edward smiles back, glad to see her again.

"It is," Wednesday told her, "but I have a bias. Most of the plants in my garden are very easy to care for and require little attention, thankfully. I like having a garden, but don't have as much time as I would like to care for one."

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