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Plants: Thursday First Period
Nell had handwavily let her class know to meet her at Plant Parenthood today. That would be particularly convenient for at least two of her students, but mostly it was easier to do this sort of class back in her work area where she had all the pots and soil and seeds.
"Welcome back," Nell said with a smile. "Today you're going to make your own little kitchen - or room - herb gardens." She gestured to the tables. "There are a variety of small pots to choose from and several styles of containers to keep them in. Or you can just keep them in their separate pots if you choose. In that case the containers will be handy to get them back to your house or dorm room."
She waited till everyone had found themselves a work space. "Ideally everyone will make at least four different pots, but I'm happy to have you make more if you like.
"Okay, first thing is to decide on what you'd like to grow. I have the standards of basil, parsley, mint, cilantro, rosemary, sage, thyme, and oregano. I also have coriander, curry, ginger, lemongrass, lemon verbena, and arnica. If there are other herbs you'd like to grow let mw know, I may well have seeds or seedlings of them."
She had set out examples of each of the main herbs. "Please gently take a leaf from each of the herbs - don't worry, the loss of a few leaves won't hurt them. They're regularly trimmed or pulled off for use as they're grown. Smell them, taste them, see if there are any you particularly like or dslike. Some people have a gene that makes them dislike cilantro, but if you don't have that gene cilantro can be very tasty.'
Nell gave everyone time to check out the plants. "Seeds are here and once you've made your choices I can give you specific directions for how each herb is best grown and I'll send you home with a handout for how to take care of your plants. And, of course I'll make sure they get a good start. Normally you'd have to wait days or a couple of weeks for these to begin sprouting, but I can speed that up for you."
She smiled at them. "You'll be able to take them home today,"
"Welcome back," Nell said with a smile. "Today you're going to make your own little kitchen - or room - herb gardens." She gestured to the tables. "There are a variety of small pots to choose from and several styles of containers to keep them in. Or you can just keep them in their separate pots if you choose. In that case the containers will be handy to get them back to your house or dorm room."
She waited till everyone had found themselves a work space. "Ideally everyone will make at least four different pots, but I'm happy to have you make more if you like.
"Okay, first thing is to decide on what you'd like to grow. I have the standards of basil, parsley, mint, cilantro, rosemary, sage, thyme, and oregano. I also have coriander, curry, ginger, lemongrass, lemon verbena, and arnica. If there are other herbs you'd like to grow let mw know, I may well have seeds or seedlings of them."
She had set out examples of each of the main herbs. "Please gently take a leaf from each of the herbs - don't worry, the loss of a few leaves won't hurt them. They're regularly trimmed or pulled off for use as they're grown. Smell them, taste them, see if there are any you particularly like or dslike. Some people have a gene that makes them dislike cilantro, but if you don't have that gene cilantro can be very tasty.'
Nell gave everyone time to check out the plants. "Seeds are here and once you've made your choices I can give you specific directions for how each herb is best grown and I'll send you home with a handout for how to take care of your plants. And, of course I'll make sure they get a good start. Normally you'd have to wait days or a couple of weeks for these to begin sprouting, but I can speed that up for you."
She smiled at them. "You'll be able to take them home today,"
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Nell was there to help make sure everything went well and at the end she dpped her fingers delicately into each pot and gave them a little burst of energy to give them a good start and to get them sprouting - no waiting days or weeks for Nell's class.
If you'd rather not have Nell accelerate their growth just let her know.
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Yeah, he was. But he was also aiming for securing a nice position as Teacher's Pet, so look at him, all bright eyes and bushy-tailed and eager to learn about plants nice and perfectly punctual.
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