From tiny acorns…

… any mighty oaks that grow will be made to live outside. We’ve been planting acorns in our own acorniums™ (not really a ™ thing, I’ve just learnt a new bit of blog code).

You will need
a couple of shot glasses (you have small kids now, when are you really going to need your whole collection again)
some small stones
some acorns picked up from your autumnal wandering

Spend some time washing the stones in a shallow bowl of water, this is such good fun for little ones. No3 girl could spend all day doing this if she was allowed. Fill the shot glass with the stones, slowly. Most shot glasses are fairly indestructible, but take it slow nonetheless. Drop an acorn on top, then fill with water to below the acorn, or it will go mouldy; kind of cool in itself, but not the desired result. Place in airing cupboard and peek and top up every week. Soon you’ll see some white roots winding down through the stones and maybe even a little shoot. You have an acornium™.

I’m told, though I’ve never remembered to keep watering long enough, that you can pot out to bonsai pots quite successfully. Perhaps this time?

Enjoy

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