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I always loved organic food because it has a fresher taste to it though I never wanted to put in the work of growing my own. I am interested in gardening because it is a skill that I never payed much attention to. Also, it is a skill that could come of later use in life. When we started doing the 20% time project I realized it was a perfect time to learn how to garden. My advisor runs the gardening ace and my grandparents own a farm so I knew that I had people I could reach out to.

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The most challenging part of this project was obtaining the materials. Luckily, the school was able to provide gardening containers and soil but I still needed to buy the seeds. It was difficult to even find a place that sold seeds but eventually I found Boston Gardener.

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After I got the seeds, it was time to plant. It took me an hour to plant 20 seeds in the ground. It took a while because you had to make sure that the seeds were exactly 1 inch beneath the ground. It took four days for the plants to finally sprout.

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Gardening takes patience. The plants needed watering each day but they were growing rapidly. Something interesting I realized was only 6 out of the 20 that I grew sprouted. I learned that you should always plant more than you want because sometimes no all of them make it. A little less than a week later the plants looked like this:

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Since the plants were on track and growing at a fast pace, now all I had to do was supply the water. Each day I watered them until the soil was moist and healthy. I only grew these plants for 31 days but if they were given more time they would get as tall as a small bush. The key element I took away from gardening is consistency. You have to be very exact in the way you plant it, where it grows, and how much you water it. Another thing I learned about gardening is how rewarding it is. In the first four days, I had no idea if the seeds would sprout. When they did I was proud of my self for successfully trying a new skill. On May 18th this is what they looked like: