Starting A Garden For Kids

Each year i add a combination of different types of organic matter including compost worm castings and mulch.

Starting a garden for kids.

Rainbow gardens are a fun theme for children to participate in. Healthy vibrant soil healthy vibrant plants with built in disease and pest resistance and more nutrition. Plus it makes sense to learn gardening basics before investing tons of time and money in this new hobby. If you don t want to till and nourish the soil you ve got or if you have a bad back and would rather not be bending down so low to garden you can build a raised planting bed with non pressure treated wood.

Decide between tilling and creating a raised bed. Plants that represent the colors of the rainbow red orange yellow green blue violet and indigo are great teaching tools that are exciting for. So i always try to spend my free time on starting out gardening projects for our kids. Contact your local cooperative extension service.

You ll get a feeling for how much time. May 1 2017 at 1 49 pm. Kids also enjoy plants that offer unique shapes such as eggplant or gourds after harvesting gourds can be decorated and used as birdhouses you can even turn them into canteens or maracas. It s better to be thrilled by what you produce in a small garden than be frustrated by the time commitment a big one requires.

Start with a small garden. If you re a beginner start small. Gardening with kids allows for the garden to become a very creative place. Kids love color and gardens can be a very colorful place.

A local gardening center can help. This is a fun and inspiring guide for beginners to gardening.