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Kids gardening
There are 2 reasons for this post... 1: so I can brag on my little
girl, and 2: to get other people to brag on their kids, too... My 6 year old daughter has a little garden "all her own"... she started the seeds, helped plant the seedlings, and she waters them on a semi-regular basis... She got to see her first flower in her garden today - one of the oriental peas flowered - and is already producing a pod... she is so excited I had to show her a "full grown pea pod" to keep her from picking and eating it right then... She is very excited!! Tony |
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"BearDrummer" wrote in
ups.com: There are 2 reasons for this post... 1: so I can brag on my little girl, and 2: to get other people to brag on their kids, too... My 6 year old daughter has a little garden "all her own"... she started the seeds, helped plant the seedlings, and she waters them on a semi-regular basis... She got to see her first flower in her garden today - one of the oriental peas flowered - and is already producing a pod... she is so excited I had to show her a "full grown pea pod" to keep her from picking and eating it right then... She is very excited!! my 4.75 year old is on his 2nd year of 'his own' gardening. we're in NH, so he only has lettuce out in the garden, but he has several tomatoes & peppers (both hot & sweet), plus watermelon & pumpkins started under lights indoors.he also has moonflowers, bells of Ireland, hollyhocks & four o'clocks under the lights (i had to go look. i don't always remember what he's started). we buy marigolds to plant with the basil & tomatoes & he'll probably start nasturtiums outside after last frost date (2 more weeks). he's asked me to help him build a bean teepee & he got ahold of my Making Bentwood Trellises (Jim Long) book, so he has a few projects in there picked out, including a trellis for the moonflowers. oh yeah, he has 4 flats of pansies ready to go out too... and 2 windowboxes on the enclosed porch, one with beets & one carrots. he's definately been bitten by the garden bug lee |
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"BearDrummer" wrote in message ups.com... There are 2 reasons for this post... 1: so I can brag on my little girl, and 2: to get other people to brag on their kids, too... My 6 year old daughter has a little garden "all her own"... she started the seeds, helped plant the seedlings, and she waters them on a semi-regular basis... She got to see her first flower in her garden today - one of the oriental peas flowered - and is already producing a pod... she is so excited I had to show her a "full grown pea pod" to keep her from picking and eating it right then... She is very excited!! Tony My kids don't have their own garden - yet - but are growing grass seed in egg shells with faces drawn on them. The "egg heads" are a really cute project, especially for young kids or urbanites with no gardening area and the grass ends up looking like hair. Jacqui |
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"enigma" wrote in message . .. my 4.75 year old is on his 2nd year of 'his own' gardening. we're in NH, so he only has lettuce out in the garden, but he has several tomatoes & peppers (both hot & sweet), plus watermelon & pumpkins started under lights indoors.he also has moonflowers, bells of Ireland, hollyhocks & four o'clocks under the lights (i had to go look. i don't always remember what he's started). we buy marigolds to plant with the basil & tomatoes & he'll probably start nasturtiums outside after last frost date (2 more weeks). he's asked me to help him build a bean teepee & he got ahold of my Making Bentwood Trellises (Jim Long) book, so he has a few projects in there picked out, including a trellis for the moonflowers. oh yeah, he has 4 flats of pansies ready to go out too... and 2 windowboxes on the enclosed porch, one with beets & one carrots. he's definately been bitten by the garden bug lee WOW! Now that's a kid with a green thumb! |
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"BearDrummer" wrote in message ups.com... There are 2 reasons for this post... 1: so I can brag on my little girl, and 2: to get other people to brag on their kids, too... My 6 year old daughter has a little garden "all her own"... she started the seeds, helped plant the seedlings, and she waters them on a semi-regular basis... She got to see her first flower in her garden today - one of the oriental peas flowered - and is already producing a pod... she is so excited I had to show her a "full grown pea pod" to keep her from picking and eating it right then... She is very excited!! Tony my 4 year old son has a pot with tomatos and garlic. he helps me all over the yard and can point out a hosta or a pansy but that's about it because that's all we have!! he helped build a 8'x6' trellis with me too. my 2 year old daughter is happy to sit in a dirt pile and scoop dirt on her lap LOL Oh yeah - my son also runs around the yard screaming "WEEDS!!! WEEDS!!!" and pretends they are chasing him - LOL |
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"Natty Dread" wrote in
m: "enigma" wrote in message . .. my 4.75 year old is on his 2nd year of 'his own' gardening. WOW! Now that's a kid with a green thumb! yeah, if he'd get weeding down i'd just retire he tends to be very passionate about his interests. he does get a bit impatient waiting for seeds to sprout (which makes indoor seed starting more attractive actually. things come up faster). lee |
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could we get a picture of these eggheads? They sound interesting...
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The scarey thing is, if I told my daughter about this, she would do the
same thing... and her little brother would become the weeds..... both of them grow like weeds.... |
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