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Originally Posted by
Mad Eye Touz 
Plymouth was in his own little piece of heaven. Eeeeeeee! He skipped (literally) up to the cart to get his flutterby. YAAAAY!!
And he was in good company!!! Plymouth went to go stand near Clifford and Miranda. He couldn't have been smiling bigger if he tried. "Well. It's always nice to make new friends. Alright everyone, let's tidy things up!" Plymouth "hehe'd" and danced his little bush around in a circle before hugging it HARD.
"Come on little friends!" Plymouth sang and started hugging branches individually.
Miranda must have been daydreaming, because the last thing she saw was someone standing next to her, clearly very happy, and then he began to scuttle around with the bush.
Miranda giggled and nodded. Indeed it was fun to make new friends. Watching him for a bit, she thought that if he was having fun doing this, then she must too!
After listening to the professor's instructions, Miranda began to work. Tounge between her teeth, she began to get her hands messy!
Photos!: instrrrrrructions
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1) Dig a hole deep enough that you could set your pot in it and the top soil of the pot would be level with the groundish.
2) Water the soil a bit but not enough that it becomes like mud.
3) If the pot you have is made out of pliable, flexible material, massage the pot so the roots get loosened a bit. [This will apply only to the cheap-o flutterby pots.]
4) Carefully, gripping the plant at the base of its stem, remove the plant from its pot. MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL ITS ROOTS!
5) Gently set it inside the hole in the ground, guesstimating to make sure there's enough room for the roots. Make sure it doesn't sink (otherwise you'll need to add more dirt to the hole before you plant it).
6) Retaining a hold on the plant being transplanted, massage its roots some more until they are loose and spread out in the hole you made. Don't rip or tear at the roots though; gentle is thee word.
7) Use your shovel (or your hands, mouth, neighbor's shoe, whatever) to gently fill in the space over the roots/around the base of the plant with the soil you displaced when you first dug the hole.
8) Pat the dirt up around the base of the plant and then make a ring, like a moat, so it has space for the water to seep in. And remember, you don't want any exposed roots.
9) WATER the PLANT.
10) Repeat steps 1-9 with your puffapod, preferably planting it right next to your own flutterby bush. Remember to space them 2-3 feet apart!
Miranda began to dig a hole with her shovel, making small grunting noises. Yeah she was working hard.
"Aguamenti" she mumbled and waited for the water to stream. As it did she smiled and watched for the soil to be watered enough.
Picking up her plant, Miranda gave it a hug and nuzzled it before she began to massage the pot. Grabbing the stem firmly, but as not to hurt it, she removed the pot, looked at the bottom to make sure she got all the roots, and put it inside the hole.
Carefully, she put it down gently, her eyes wide as if waiting for it to sink. But it didn't!
Yay!
Now she had to massage the roots, nipping at the dirt for the soil and roots to become more loosened. As this was done, she began to put some soil back with her hands. Oh they were dirty now and so were her robes.
Eh.
Now she made the little ring around the bush, looking carefully to make sure there were no roots poking out. Miranda smiled content.
"Aguamenti!" she said firmly, and watched the water watering the plant.
Wohooo! she raised her balled fists in a 'we-are-the-champions' sort of way and began to get up, dusting off the dirt from herself.
Allrighty then! After a short break, Miranda began the same procedure but with her Puffapod!
Hmmm, 2-3 feet. Miranda looked down at her feet, then instantly removed her shoes and wiggled her toes.
From where her Flutterby was planted, Mrianda began to walk 3 feet, turned to watch the others and saw that their plants were more spaced out. She really had no idea how much 3 feet were. Her feet, however, were probably to small to actually measure right. So going back, she took larger steps and then began to work, barefoot, with her Puffapod!
After going through all the steps, she said the watering spell again and began to water her newly planted...plant.
Wohooo!
Aaaand she was done!
Walking over to her bag, she took out some parchment and her quill and scribbled down the homework.
Packing away everything, she shouldered her bag, grabbed her shoes and waved to Professor Bunbury,
"Byeee Professor, thank's for the fun lesson!" and she skipped off to the castle, her bare feet making flip-flop sounds on the ground.