Well, Happy First Day of Spring. It doesn’t matter that it’s going to snow today. And it doesn’t matter that it’s going to snow even more tomorrow. If the calendar says its the first day of spring — then it’s time to get things going in the garden.
In an effort to instill a love of gardening in Arianna — we’ve had a tradition every spring. We plant jelly beans. For some reason, this only works in early spring up until about Easter time, after that, the jelly beans just don’t seem to sprout. We water them and then check on them in the morning.
This year, the garden was muddy, and since I have a perfectly good greenhouse just waiting to sprout seeds, it seemed like the perfect match. We took a selection of good looking jelly bean “seeds” and a few candy speckled eggs, just for good measure and planted them in the flower pots left behind from my herbs last summer. And it worked — just like every year!
Happy Spring!
No Rhyme or Reason Farm 
I love the tradition you have with the jelly beans, such an adorable idea. Arianna has the best grandma ever!
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I think we have the best granddaughter ever! It is fun. And when she outgrows this (or hopefully moves on to helping me with real plants in the garden), I can continue the tradition with Hannah!
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I think that is very deceitful!
LOL! JUST KIDDING, cute!
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I know – someday it will be devastating news.
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It’s a great idea, a tradition that she can pass down to her kids and the generations to follow.
We all believed in Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy (after all, they came with toys, candy and money, respectively — I’d still be milking those beliefs if I could get away with it), so jelly beans to lolly pops is a happy white lie worthy of continuing.
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I hope it transitions to a love of gardening. I mean beets and brussel sprouts aren’t quite the same as lollipops!
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Love your tradition ❤️ I am sure the love of gardening will take root 😍
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It sure doesn’t seem like the first day of spring. What’s with this snow! Your Uncle Bob would not like this!
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