Flower Bobdew wrote:
Slightly bad timing, I know... But one of the teacher's at school today
asked if there was anything anyone could recommend planting now for a
youth project. Clearly they are after fairly quick results, but given
the time of year - and being relatively new to gardening - I really
couldn't think of anything off the top of my head. Something which might
have the audacity to show its face within a few weeks would be
appreciated.
Any thoughts/suggestions?
Besides wait until spring!

Someone suggested the other day on this forum watercress as it's quick
and you can gobble it up afterwards. Planting the seed in a fish tank
so that the kids can see the roots developing is also a great idea.
I've seen it done with root vegetables and the kids got really excited.
Hyacinth bulb too would be good now, perhaps you could repot some that
have already started growing and see the result through the fish tank.
The move won't bother the bulbs at all. At home I use a hyacinth glass
but I start these for xmas. But now would be fine too using jam jar and
the kids could each have their jar. (I wish my kids were still little
)

Look what I've found ...

http://www.netguides.org.uk/brownies...gs_winter.html