Enid Blyton

So the Famous Five, reared their heads tall on the morning of 10 Jul 14.

 In fact, the polythene sheet covering the grow plugs, looked tent like at dawn...and for a moment I thought a little animal had decided to investigate and was now inside helping itself to some greens...but that was the cucumber, straining out reminding me of an ever inquisitive Mir Cat. I knew these had now to be shifted to the sun. But I wasn't sure. So the garden-guru was called up at an ungodly hour...and he picked up!!! Sure enough, five minutes later they were out, under a make shift mesh-dome.

Just before I left for office, I checked on the poly-sheet shrouded guys once more and was rather surprised to see two more, ready to move out. So Spinach and Swiss Chard join up. The Secret Seven therefore...

Alright...alright...I know...way too many similar looking pictures. But man!! is it exciting!!!! Anyway, the rate at which these things want to get out to sun to get to the stage of bearing true leaves, I feel I better be prepared and be some steps ahead. So the first thing that comes to mind is, where would these finally be transplanted. "under a greenhouse!!!" replies the child in me. "and where do we have a greenhouse?" asks the adult in me. Child, "let's get one!!!". Adult, "Let's!!!"

Be very careful what you promise to kids. For, a promise is a promise.

Real estate...the first requirement to a green house. There's this piece of land beside my bedroom, where the previous occupants had supposedly had a rose garden growing. Surprisingly all the plants are healthy, but I've never once seen a flower. 

So I've had all the rose plants transplanted to another spot in the house. Shankar helped me with that. Shankar also prepared the ground and is trying to get it to be a make shift hard-standing. And now it looks like this.

I've gotten around to convince some people to further do it up for me in the coming week. Shall keep us all posted. Meanwhile, last evening I've prepared a litre each of the two types of nutrient rich solution, simply called Grow A and Grow B.

This morning, the secret seven have grown to finally a total of 15!! Okay...I'd spare you...so no more pictures of a similar nature. But there's this one thing that I saw and I was truly wonder-struck. More so because the seedling seemed to be yelling out (literally) to draw attention to its roots!

That ladies and gentlemen, is the Golden Zucchini.

And this ladies and gentlemen, is me displaying that sometimes I just don't know when to stop. 

So before I sheepishly sign off for the weekend, I'd like to share that I'm a bit concerned for the health of the Methi seedling. That's the top most girl in the left most column. I hope she does fine. I'm also concerned for the overall well-being of the rest of the plants in my absence for the next two days...when those under the poly-sheet would continue to be there, all by themselves in a locked up house and those outside would be completely reliant on Shankar to feed them aptly with the nutrient solution and sunlight. God bless my warriors!!