So this post really started about a week ago when I, chattily gloating to all coworkers within earshot about the delicious red grapefruit that was about to be breakfast, peeled the fruit only to find it a bit deflated, squishy and well, ‘off’. But it smelled incredibly enticing and I vocally held out hope for it’s edibility while simultaneously trying to mentally calculate just how long it had been sitting in the fruit basket… When I pried apart the sections I finally conceded defeat (though found victory of another kind). The seeds in the middle had sprouted! I put the seeds (still resting comfortably in their fleshy fragrant bed) into my lunch glasswear and with great anticipation, stored it away until I could rush home and further investigate my little find. I put the seeds (still in the fruit) in a little bowl on my kitchen windowsill (also knows as the plant nursery) and covered it with a damp paper towel to keep it moist. I had to do some research because something odd was happening with these seeds - it looked like roots had sprouted but I didn’t see any indication of a little green seedling… very strange. But on the other hand I had never seen a grapefruit sprout so I wasn’t sure what it was supposed to look like. Anyhow - I was up to my elbows in fruitless internet research (hehee, get it? FRUITless?) when BD appeared behind me holding something out and asked, ‘will this help?’ That handsome man of mine handed me an AWESOME book called Don’t Throw It, Grow It, a book all about gardening from table scraps - my favorite! He had it squirreled away for some gift-giving occasion but saw my need and decided I should have it now. I spent over an hour going back and forth between this book and one that I posted about before, The After-Dinner Gardening Book, comparing and contrasting information and in my excitement nearly, but not quite, forgetting about my freakish little grapefruit seeds.  But now the seeds are planted and I wait. But not idly. In the meantime, armed with my reading materials, I have proceeded to start basil plants, lob off the top of a pineapple in hopes of a striking plant to come, and meticulously tend the assorted succulent bits and tree pieces that I am trying to coax and nurse into their own. I am in search of a pomegranate because I read that they are perfect for bonsai and BD got very excited when I promised to try and grow one for him. But alas, while I swear that they were just in the stores they seem to be gone… but peas, peppers, nuts, herbs be ware - I’m looking to sprout!

So this post really started about a week ago when I, chattily gloating to all coworkers within earshot about the delicious red grapefruit that was about to be breakfast, peeled the fruit only to find it a bit deflated, squishy and well, ‘off’. But it smelled incredibly enticing and I vocally held out hope for it’s edibility while simultaneously trying to mentally calculate just how long it had been sitting in the fruit basket…

When I pried apart the sections I finally conceded defeat (though found victory of another kind). The seeds in the middle had sprouted! I put the seeds (still resting comfortably in their fleshy fragrant bed) into my lunch glasswear and with great anticipation, stored it away until I could rush home and further investigate my little find.

I put the seeds (still in the fruit) in a little bowl on my kitchen windowsill (also knows as the plant nursery) and covered it with a damp paper towel to keep it moist. I had to do some research because something odd was happening with these seeds - it looked like roots had sprouted but I didn’t see any indication of a little green seedling… very strange. But on the other hand I had never seen a grapefruit sprout so I wasn’t sure what it was supposed to look like. Anyhow - I was up to my elbows in fruitless internet research (hehee, get it? FRUITless?) when BD appeared behind me holding something out and asked, ‘will this help?’ That handsome man of mine handed me an AWESOME book called Don’t Throw It, Grow It, a book all about gardening from table scraps - my favorite! He had it squirreled away for some gift-giving occasion but saw my need and decided I should have it now.

I spent over an hour going back and forth between this book and one that I posted about before, The After-Dinner Gardening Book, comparing and contrasting information and in my excitement nearly, but not quite, forgetting about my freakish little grapefruit seeds. 

But now the seeds are planted and I wait. But not idly. In the meantime, armed with my reading materials, I have proceeded to start basil plants, lob off the top of a pineapple in hopes of a striking plant to come, and meticulously tend the assorted succulent bits and tree pieces that I am trying to coax and nurse into their own.

I am in search of a pomegranate because I read that they are perfect for bonsai and BD got very excited when I promised to try and grow one for him. But alas, while I swear that they were just in the stores they seem to be gone… but peas, peppers, nuts, herbs be ware - I’m looking to sprout!