Cress...

[Arch]

How long does it take to germinate and grow to harvestable crop? I'll be going down to visit my sister in March, and I have a idea it might be fun to sow some on cotton wool with Oli. I though of doing it in an eggshell I've drawn a face one, to make it like hair on top. Will it have grown within the 5 days I'll be there? It's a long time since I grew cress, and I've forgotten how quick it is.

Oli meanwhile, has my purpose as Aunt sussed. He was looking at a book, and then at the pictures of the other books in the series, and pointed at one and said to his Mum, "Auntie Sue come on train, buy it?"

 

[wafflycat]

Such things are really quick. Five days should be entirely enough. Also enough to sprout some mungbeans to have as beansprouts.

 

[Arch]

Cheers. I've done some sprouting but not for a while and had forgotten the timescale. I like the idea of cress as it stands up and looks like funny green hair, and he might like to have it in a sandwich when it's done. Mental note, not to get mustard and cress - I saw a small child being persuaded to eat an egg and cress sandwich once, on a train, and the mum promised the green bits didn't taste of anything really, and then the poor kid clearly got a mouthful of the mustard bit... Oli's current ploy to avoid eating when he's playing up is to say "It's too spicy", although he doesn't tend to get away with it when it's porridge...

He likes a 'dunky egg', so I'll maybe get my sister to wash out and save a suitable shell. On the other hand, the reason I'm going down is to help out post C-section, so she may not want that extra bother.

 

[longers]

We had to smash up our boiled egg shells once we'd finished as the witches used them as boats according to our very imaginative next door neighbour.

 

[Slowgrind]

longers, thats true about the witches! Everyone knows that!

 

[PatrickPending]

mmmmmmm cress........


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj2NXYEAEFY

 

[wafflycat]

Cheers. I've done some sprouting but not for a while and had forgotten the timescale. I like the idea of cress as it stands up and looks like funny green hair, and he might like to have it in a sandwich when it's done. Mental note, not to get mustard and cress - I saw a small child being persuaded to eat an egg and cress sandwich once, on a train, and the mum promised the green bits didn't taste of anything really, and then the poor kid clearly got a mouthful of the mustard bit... Oli's current ploy to avoid eating when he's playing up is to say "It's too spicy", although he doesn't tend to get away with it when it's porridge...

He likes a 'dunky egg', so I'll maybe get my sister to wash out and save a suitable shell. On the other hand, the reason I'm going down is to help out post C-section, so she may not want that extra bother.

If you sprout mung beans in the light, they too are green and upright. They also taste far superior to the insipid pale yellow things sold in shops.

 

[Speicher]

He likes a 'dunky egg', so I'll maybe get my sister to wash out and save a suitable shell. On the other hand, the reason I'm going down is to help out post C-section, so she may not want that extra bother.

Yes, I am putting my coat on, as I say this.

Ollie could teach his grandmother to suck eggs.

the door is this way >>> ?

 

[bobg]

Yes, I am putting my coat on, as I say this.

Ollie could teach his grandmother to suck eggs.

the door is this way >>> ?

Grandmother!!!!!!!!!!!! You're in trouble

 

[Arch]

We had to smash up our boiled egg shells once we'd finished as the witches used them as boats according to our very imaginative next door neighbour.

Yes, I put the spoon through the bottom of the shell so that they'll sink...

 

[Speicher]

Grandmother!!!!!!!!!!!! You're in trouble

Ha! I know that Arch is not a grandmother, but her mother is!

 

[Arch]

Ha! I know that Arch is not a grandmother, but her mother is!

My mother is 'granmaw' (well, Grandma), his other grandmother is 'gran'. Although I don't know how much he interacts with Gran - she's not quite as encouraging and playful as my Mum. Whenever granmaw goes to stay, she can hear him upstairs first thing in the morning saying "downstairs, granmaw!" but this may be as much to do with her sleeping on the airbed in the lounge, and therefore restricting access to his toys, as it is to do with affection.

Over Christmas I heard his Dad encouraging him to go in and wake up Auntie Sue, at 6.45am.... Soppy as I am, I don't mind, I don't like to miss a minute with him....