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Urban Gardening: The Terra Cotta Pot

Terra Cotta Pot.


Look.


Find.


Found.


Take two boys outside to find dirt to put in pot.


Dig dirt with kitchen serving spoon.


Put dirt in pot.


Transplant grocery store basil into terra cotta pot.


Terra Cotta Pot = fun to say 3X fast.


Bring 2 boys and 1 pot back into the house and out onto the balcony.


Clean off pot and stake basil.


2 boys, 2 popcicles each.


Clean off balcony-porch.


Pick up pot to move to other part of porch-balcony.


Pot breaks in hand.


Broken pieces of pot smash on the cement.


Boy 1 screams.


Sigh. Comfort Boy 1. Look around, and open storage unit. Wahlah! Plastic pot.


Pick up plastic pot, smash pieces of pot into smaller pieces and fill bottom of plastic pot.


Scoop up remaining dirt and pack in the poor abused basil plant.


Observe Boy 2 contentedly looking on from patient popcicle eating.


Abandon plastic bucket pot to the sunshine and go inside, wash walls, start dishwasher, feel productive.


The End of The Terra Cotta Pot.

Comments

Mrs. P said…
That is so sweet! Was it Thomas who screamed and Spencer who watched?
September 4, 2011 at 4:04 PM
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