Welcome to the Pull Your Weeds™ blog! This blog is a place where we can turn #WeedsToSeeds, show gratitude for flowers, and help spread the word about the importance of pulling weeds. Sometimes we might share a seasonal craft or fun activity, maybe identify a gardener’s weed and come up with solutions to turn it into a seed, or look back on a visit where we spread some seeds to fellow gardeners!
You might be wondering why it’s important to #PullYourWeeds? Let’s think about this in terms of our garden - weeds make it difficult for flowers and plants to grow. In other words, it’s hard to feel happy if something is making you angry or scared at the same time. And if we don’t pull those weeds, they just keep growing and spreading making it harder to feel happy! So, when weeds pop up, like our friends #GardenerAnna and #GardenerAidan say, we need to “pull ‘em out!”
Let’s start off this week with a fun winter craft. We are going to spread some seeds to our feathered friends out in this chilly weather by making some bird feeders!
You will need:
A piece of wire or a pipe cleaner
Cheerios
1. First, grab your wire and start stringing on the Cheerios (you might want to make a loop at the end so they don’t fall off!).
2. Then, bring the two ends of wire together and twist them into a loop.
3. Next, bend the wire into any shape you’d like! Gardener Anna chose a heart, and Gardener Aidan chose a zig zag.
4. Hang you feeder on a branch - you can bend the wire a bit to secure it to the tree if needed.
5. The only thing left to do is wait and watch for the birds!
Feel free to watch our tutorial below, starting at about 2 minutes!
If you haven’t already, go watch Season 1 of Hello Gardeners! You can meet Gardener Anna and Gardener Aidan, learn more about the book You Are A Gardener™, and see fellow gardeners turning weeds into seeds!
Have fun and remember the future is BRIGHT!
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