Gardening with children
Create a family’s garden with their children. Family offer some interesting and fun outdoor adventures. Sharing these gardening projects together will form memories that will last a lifetime. Dig in and get their hands dirty as you spend quality time with their children and teaches them the art of growing, planting, and reaping the benefits of nature.
Begin by walking around your yard with your children looking for a secluded yet sunny area that would be suitable for your family’s garden. Once you’ve chosen an area you plan on using, its time to sit down and draw out your garden plan. Map out the area you have decided on and then figure out what flowers, vegetables, and herbs you want to plant this year. Start you may want to limit to three or four different flowers and vegetables each one. Then as the years go on you can pick and choose which grew well and what was a family favorite. Gardening is both fun and more chances you take the plants and trying new vehicles the better.
It is good practice to rotate your plants (crops) every other year, will make for a more vibrant garden. This technique allows the floor to take a break from the same types of plants and offers a variety of food on the floor. Let your children get totally involved with seedlings and planting. Not damage plants and even a plant or two snaps in the process just chalk it up to experience.
To begin the process, start their plants from seed at home. Radishes, carrots, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and sunflowers are hardy plants to begin with. You can buy some planters peat moss to put the seeds in.. These planters are great because you just put the whole container on land that once plants are about 2-4 inches tall. Use potting soil to fill each holder of peat moss, then gently place a few seeds in each and cover lightly with more soil on top. Water gently every section, and then cover the container with plastic wrap or slip them in a large baggie. The plastic cover acts as a green house. Place the containers in a sunny windowsill. Make sure you put a tray under the pot plant because the peat moss get soft and soggy when wet and can fall apart if you pick them up. Youll also want to protect your windowsill from spills or moisture.
The moisture of the plants will remain sealed in the container with the plastic wrap so that the need not be watered for about 5 days. When the soil appears dry, uncover the container and gently water your plants and then cover them up again. Once the plants are about a half inch to an inch high you can remove your coat. Still allows the plants to grow in another week or so until they are at least three inches high.
When you are waiting for your seedlings to grow within your job you should start out by getting the ground ready for their flowers and vegetables. Begin by marking an area of your yard where you want to plant your garden. Generally planted my flowers at various points around the yard. Just remember to mark off with twine or yarn and sticks where you have your plantings so you do not get to walk on and may be slightly watered daily. Before you put the plants on earth you need to turn the soil. Use a sharp shovel to dig down about a foot, then lift up the floor and flip it over. Do this repeatedly until you’ve gone around the floor in the entire area you have planned for your garden. Your children will love this process can also dig and flip over right side of the dirt you. If your children have only a square shovel the snow that is their size they can help you turn the soil and turned over once. More soil aeration gets better.