Ethan – We went on a hike to get seeds. We got only seeds that you can eat. We got grapes and milkweed and elderberries.
Marlon – I squished some berries (choke cherries), and they made my fingers red, but some of the berries (nannyberries) don’t have juice.
Dad – We also picked rose hips and highbush cranberries.
Ethan – After you pick the berries, you have to get the seeds out. Dad got the berry seeds, because they’re hard. I got the milkweed seeds, because they’re easy. You just pick off the fluffy stuff and keep the brown part. You can make a pillow with the fluffy stuff if you want.
Marlon – I threw the fluffies up in the air.
Ethan – Then you put the seeds in a bag with a little bit of dirt and a little bit of water, and you get all the air out of the bag, and you out it in the fridge for a long time, until after Christmas.
Dad – Why do we put them in the fridge?
Ethan – To trick the seeds so they think it’s winter. When you take them out they go, “Hey, it’s spring,” so they sprout.
