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Today - Tuesday the 7th of July 2026 at 1713 BST - when I had checked on my cress, this morning, I had realised I forgot to water them last night! But all is okay for I had watered them short after my panic, but moving onto today with great news!

Yet again I am on about my cress, well, that's the main thing I ever talk about, but idrc, so, going straight onto why I chose this title!!

I have chosen to skip cadets today to closely monitor the growth of my cress - Monday 6th July 2026 at 1811 -. But now the roots that were revealing themselves have begun to grow green around the seed itself!! This means it's going well. I would inspect it with a magnifying glass but gosh, my desk is in a state, or it's just because I can't be bothered.

BUT WAIT!! I got 48/60 on my science test, 80% and the highest in my class, not to mention I'm in set 1 AND got full marks on a non-calculator maths paper earlier this half-term. Though the government controls those who make these tests, and the government is dumb, so I am not surprised I have gotten above 75% on all of my tests recently. You know, I'm going off the plot right now, I don't care because I actually have nothing more to discuss about my cress and I would rather discuss my spring onion. It is growing quickly, which is making me ecstatic! But it is a bit weary to look after because I have NO idea if it's dying or not. But oh well.

Just yesterday - Saturday 4th July 2026 - I bought some cress seeds from some shop, forgot which one, might've been B&M or PoundLand, though regardless I still got it. So, moving onto "planting" the seeds:

Challenge one: Do I use a dish, or a pot?

Obviously I already know the answer, a dish. But at the time I was pacing the kitchen with all the horrible sorrow of my despairs that maybe I had bought the seeds for nothing! Nothing at all!! But of course my critical thinking combated the dilemma and allowed me to search far and wide enough to find a beautiful dish that I called home for the seeds. But then that led on to my next problem...

Challenge two: How do I plant these seeds, inside?

So, I had decided to search this one up, as it was less personal, and more factual. Now though, it seems as if I had NOTHING of what I was supposed to have (which was compost or cotton wool), so I resided with using... *Drum roll please!!*

PAPER TOWELS! Which was actually a great choice! Let me say why.

So, now that I had something to sow my cress in, I folded it four times to fit the dish, then added water and my seeds, not caring much about the "ONE CENTIMETRE SPACING!" and having it rather one millimetre spacing. I then posted the dish up next to my spring onion (which is actually growing!!!!!) and hoped for the best.

Challenge three: Is this actually growing?

Yes it was, I was originally scared the seeds were shrivelling from the British sun in this merciless month of July, but I was wrong. I would attach a picture of what they look like now - A day later, Sunday 5th July 2026 - but there's three reasons as to why I won't:

One: This blog is done on my laptop and I have problems emailing pictures to this email for some reason.

Two: It's 2232 and I am TIRED.

Three: I can't be bothered to find out how to attach images.

But they are growing!! You can see the roots (I think) coming out of the seeds!