Growing an Avocado Plant

We've taken up the trend of growing avocado trees from seed. We have been saving our avocado seeds throughout the year and trying our best to get them to root. We've has a bit of success and therefore we've planted them in small pots and then combined them into a large pot all together. They've struggled a bit, but they are growing. We haven't read about how long it takes for them to grow larger, but for now we are happy with what we've created. The plants currently share a pot with some ginger found in the back of our refrigerator a few months ago. Waiting to see what happens with that, as well.

There's different way to get them to root, but I've always found that the toothpick balanced on the top of a glass has worked best for us.

I like to wait until there's a good group of roots showing and a small sprout coming from the seed before transferring them to soil.

These are the plants that the seeds above created. This is about a year's worth of growing. There is ginger in the pot with these, but overall there's definite success with the seeds. It's kind of satisfying to know that you can eat the avocados and with a little patience allow it to continue on with life. Everything in this world has a purpose, and I feel that sometimes giving other living things a chance to continue on living, is a great way to appreciate life on a different scale.

Halloween Things

 Skylar went as Indiana Jones this year for Halloween and with a little help he pulled it off completely. We walked around Linn Benton Community College taking different candid shots of him being Indy. The campus was filled with so many people dressed up for Halloween, too. It was a good time and we also picked up a couple of Halloween smoke bombs to light while waiting for trick-or-treaters. It was a good night and we all had a great time.

 

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Skylar's Twenty-first Birthday (21)

 September 30 was a big deal for Skylar, and us, but mostly him. He turned 21 and had his first day of college classes. We took him to class, and then took him out to dinner. At dinner he was able to have his first drink. He wasn't too into the drink, but it was still a great day! We are so proud of him, and we still can't believe our baby is 21 years old now.

Skylar loves dinosaurs, and he asked for brownies, instead of a cake. So, I made a lava pit of dinosaurs on top of the brownies. He loved it, and the candles brought the whole scene to life.

Happy Birthday, Little Deer! ㉑

You can get the same 12-pack of dinosaur figures here.