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    Home » Lifestyle » Frugal Living Tips

    Planting a Moonflower = Hours of Family Fun

    Published: Sep 24, 2010 · Modified: Apr 5, 2022 · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Planting a Moonflower = Hours of Family Fun

     

    I wanted to share with you the joy of Planting a Moonflower = Hours of Family Fun!  Three years ago, I had the honor of hearing Jon Carloftis speak at a fundraiser tea.  He is a fabulous gardener and designs fine gardens for the stars.  Not only did he inspire me I learned so much for his talk.  He really encourages every person to garden regardless of the space you have.  Mr Carloftis is a well know roof top gardener.  He takes spaces that you may not "normally" consider and turns them into the most gorgeous gardens!

    Planting a Moonflower = Hours of Family Fun

    What I walked away from his lecture with was to take the time to garden with your children.  If you don't have "land" then use your patio, your rooftop, your landscaping.  He said that if you want to grow vegetables and think you don't have the space then pot them or blend them into your landscaping.  This lecture encouraged us all to get our hands dirty and to start gardening.

    At the end of the lecture he shared with us that the best $2.00 we could ever spend was for a package of moonflower seeds.  He said that it is the neatest flowering plant and one that small children in particular love.  Well I took that to heart and immediately sent my husband out looking for moonflower seeds.  He found a package and I am going to have to say that it is the best $1.86 we ever spent in our lives!  Not only did it provide hours of frugal family fun it was fun to get our hands dirty, to watch our seeds grow into plants that ended up vining up the front columns of our house and then flowering into the most gorgeous blossoms every single night.

    From this experience we expanded to planting a garden last year and expanding our garden this year.  In fact because we planed that garden my son began eating veggies and I was able to can 21 quarts of tomatoes last year.  I urge you to purchase a package of moonflower seeds too!  I am going to say that I agree with Jon Carloftis that is the best $2.00 I have EVER spend and I personally want to thank Jon Carloftis for opening my eyes to the magnificent world of gardening!

    If you too ever get the opportunity to hear Jon Carlfotis lecture take the opportunity!  Thanks Mom for giving me mine 🙂  If you have a Moonflower plant I would love to hear your experience too!

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    Melissa Jennings

    Melissa is a football and soccer mom who has been married to her best friend for 24 years. She loves sharing recipes, travel reviews and tips that focus on helping busy families make memories.

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    1. Bridget Vanover

      September 24, 2010 at 8:11 pm

      I have one of the blue/purple and pink morning glory plants that my son grew me for mothers days this year. They grew them from seeds at school. It's now a HUGE plant that has taken over my entire flowerbed including my climbing rose. I was hoping it would climb up the porch but it choose the rose instead. I love how pretty it is but I didn't have any idea it would get so big so quickly.

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      • Melissa

        September 26, 2010 at 2:34 pm

        Thanks for sharing 🙂 Enjoy!

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    2. kristin

      September 24, 2010 at 11:16 pm

      We planted moon flowers this year too. They have taken over! They are beautiful!

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      • Melissa

        September 26, 2010 at 2:34 pm

        That is awesome! I am glad you are enjoying them 🙂

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    3. Abbi

      September 25, 2010 at 12:32 am

      I have never tried moonflowers but we do really enjoy gardening. I am glad you are having fun with it too!

      Reply

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