One of the benefits of the social skills program that our eldest daughter participated in, instead of an over year, was the time she had to think about what she wanted to do in the future. She realized that she would like to work in the field of flowers, no pun intended. As an almost 19 year old our daughter has had little experience in this area except for what she has seen at home. I am an avid though not very good gardener; I am lazy with weeds but love to putter in the garden and find watering a welcome relief from the heat in summer. However it came to be, our daughter figured out that this is something that she cares about, something that she wants to do.
With that in mind, we decided to attempt a very small entrepreneurial project over the summer: she would grow sunflowers and sell them. On April 25 we planted the various varieties of sunflower seeds that we had ordered from a local seed company. She has planted, watered and weeded and the results are spectacular! In our two raised beds she has grown several varieties of different sizes of sunflowers and they are incredible. From the smaller Teddy Bear sunflowers featured in a famous painting by Van Gogh to the massively tall Russian beauties, we have them all. They have been painstakingly cared for over the spring and now have bloomed, generously, gloriously laden with flowers.
She has sold some and has found the experience positive and interesting. She could use a few more customers at this point but is not daunted. However this summer unfolds, it will be what it should be: an opportunity to learn; small steps forward in the journey.
With that in mind, we decided to attempt a very small entrepreneurial project over the summer: she would grow sunflowers and sell them. On April 25 we planted the various varieties of sunflower seeds that we had ordered from a local seed company. She has planted, watered and weeded and the results are spectacular! In our two raised beds she has grown several varieties of different sizes of sunflowers and they are incredible. From the smaller Teddy Bear sunflowers featured in a famous painting by Van Gogh to the massively tall Russian beauties, we have them all. They have been painstakingly cared for over the spring and now have bloomed, generously, gloriously laden with flowers.
She has sold some and has found the experience positive and interesting. She could use a few more customers at this point but is not daunted. However this summer unfolds, it will be what it should be: an opportunity to learn; small steps forward in the journey.
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