Showing posts with label EarthDay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EarthDay. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Gardening Project to Celebrate Life

Plan Sunflowers or any plant this year!

Life could be like a gardening project. Plant a seed, nourish, care and follow up the progress for a successful garden. Next time you venture in a project look at life as a farming job.

I began 2016 with a goal to have my own herb garden to use fresh basil, oregano, parsley and tomatoes on my recipes. I planted sunflower to give color to my yard. It was a lovely project, but when the winter came, it was a disaster. It's hard to keep plans protected from the frozen nights. We all have winter days, but spring comes and brights our days. 
Gardening project
1.  Soak Sunflower seeds into water overnight.
2.  Poke holes on each cup.







3.  Add soil to each cup.  
 4.  Place  seeds in each cup.






                                        
5.  Add water to each cup.  
 6.  Place cup next to a window for sun.




                    Six months later, the sunflower seed died. I had a good progress with my herb garden until winter 2016 came; one frozen night, my plants got ruined.

Life is full of surprise like planting a garden!

My 2017 gardening project is to plan some trees with my family. Here we are!
 Planting  Trees 
Prepare the area, add water, and fertilizer
Dig hole, clean area, add good soil
Place tree into the hole, add water, cover with more soil
Let's wait for the results...I'll keep you up to date.
Poems and reflections on: www.luzdelmes.com
Celebrate Life!
















                                   







Thursday, April 20, 2017

Earth Day & Arbor Day


April 22nd is Earth Day. Over the next five years, as Earth Day moves closer to its 50th anniversary, there is a goal to plan 7.8 billion trees.
Plant a tree! 
Hashtag: #trees4earth

This year’s campaign is all about environmental & climate literacy.

More information:

http://www.earthday.org/


Arbor Day Dates Across America

National Arbor Day is always celebrated on the last Friday in April, but many states observe Arbor Day on different dates throughout the year based on best tree planting times in their area. Visit the site to find your area: https://www.arborday.org/celebrate/dates.cfm
Activities for Earth Day
                                 Create a Tree of Thanks
Add leaves to this tree with all the things we are grateful from nature
                                                      Be creative!
                               
Tree of Thanks @luzdelmes.com

Activity at Barnes & Noble Jensen Beach, Florida


Videos for Earth Day

http://www.simplykinder.com/earth-day-videos/


Read 22 Multicultural Children Books for Earth Day
http://coloursofus.com/multicultural-childrens-books-earth-day/


Write a Haiku for Earth Day
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Haiku is a Japanese poem of 17-syllable verse form

consisting of three metrical units of 5/ 7/ 5 syllables.

Example: Climate Changes



5 syllables: As the planet spins
       
 7 syllables:   One can feel the gusty win

   
 5 syllables: Others the cold breeze



Share your own Haiku as a comment. 
Thank you!

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