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Prepare your soil ➡️ **It starts with a seed** ➡️Plant your seeds ➡️ Water for Growth ➡️ Find a home for your garden!

⌛Time Estimate: 5 minutes

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❓What is a seed? 🌱

☘️ A seed is a baby plant enclosed in a covering that can then grow into a full plant. Most plants can be grown from seeds!

<aside> 📺 Check out the video below to see real seeds grow into baby plants! 🌱 This video shows what will happen to your seed over days and weeks! Gardening is a long, but rewarding process that takes a lot of patience ⏳

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Let’s dive in!

<aside> 🔆 Go outside! To not make a mess, it is best to assemble the box outside just in case any soil falls out while you are putting your box together!

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• [ ] Activity: Take your seeds packet and take out a few seeds. All of those seeds are baby plants! With love, care, soil, and water, these seeds might one day become a beautiful plant, or even food you can eat.

• [ ] Next, let's sort our seeds, depending on what kind they are! Put seeds that have similar texture, shape, and size in small piles!
• [ ] 📒In your journal, write down your guess what plant each of the seeds are!

Check below to see if you guessed what type of seeds 🌱you have correctly! ⬇️

<aside> 💡 Did you know the process of a seed becoming a plant is called germination?

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In germination, the seed first fills with water, then goes through chemical changes. During this process you might see your seeds change color and split! In a few days, roots will begin to emerge from your seed.

<aside> ➡️ Are you ready for the next section? Explore Plant your seeds

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