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Jun. 4, 2008

Sprouting Socks - Post #1

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Today we decided to try out a fun experiment that I found in a book called 365 Nature Crafts & Activities. Basically, you put a pair of old socks on over your shoes and walk around in the tall grass and weeds. Then you bring your socks home and put them in a shallow pan and keep them moist. After a few days any seeds that got on your socks when you walked in the grass should begin to sprout. Sounds fun, huh? The book says the best time of year to do this experiment is in the early Fall, but we decided to try it anyway. I think we'll do it again in the Fall... in the same spot so that we can compare.

So here is Tyler walking in the tall grass and weeds in his socks...


I took a couple of pictures of some of the things growing there so we could compare them to our sprouts when they  start popping up...


and



And lastly, here is our pan of grass stained, dirty, and wet socks. The things we'll do in the name of education....



I'll let you know when (and if) we see sprouts!

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Jun. 8, 2008 - neat

Posted by msack
Can't wait to see what you will grow!
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