{"id":7596,"date":"2020-05-15T13:48:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/?p=7596"},"modified":"2020-05-27T11:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:44:59","slug":"4-h-weekly-activity-fun-with-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/2020\/05\/15\/4-h-weekly-activity-fun-with-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7536 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>With warmer, sunnier days, spring is a great time for outdoor fun! Gardening is a great way for families to learn while being outdoors and enjoying nature. All you need is a few seeds, soil, an old egg carton, and water and you can grow fresh vegetables! Growing fresh vegetables teaches kids basic gardening practices and encourages them to try new foods.<\/p>\n<p>In the Fun with Seeds activity, you can plant some of your favorite seeds and watch them grow. Kids can track the growth of their plants and practice record keeping using the Fun with Seeds Garden Log.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7537 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-317x423.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-423x564.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-634x845.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-846x1128.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-951x1268.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1-1268x1691.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Picture-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We want to see your gardens! Be sure to post pictures on Facebook and use the hashtags #Maine4H and #Insprirekidstodo<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-With-Seeds.pdf\">Fun with Seeds Lesson Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/05\/Fun-with-Seeds-Garden-Log.pdf\">Fun with Seeds Garden Log<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For additional 4-H activities that you can do at home visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/4h\/activities\/\">extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/4h\/activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With warmer, sunnier days, spring is a great time for outdoor fun! Gardening is a great way for families to learn while being outdoors and enjoying nature. All you need is a few seeds, soil, an old egg carton, and water and you can grow fresh vegetables! 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