A blog dealing with various outdoor activities including fishing, hiking, gardening, and landscape design.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
The other day I was watching a show and they were making a garden where one of the biggest concerns was making it kid friendly. One thing they talked about was making the plots in the garden a size so that the children can reach in with comfort. When I heard that I thought that does make lots of sense that each plot should be small enough for are children but still with enough room to grow vegetables. However there were a few things they didn't mention that should also be included to make your garden kid friendly.
Children like to grow things that will give fast results. There are several vegetables that take a little amount of time to show results, such as, tomatoes, sunflowers and zucchini. The one we use to always choose for my nieces was sunflowers. They didn't have to wait long t see the plant growing, it get tall,You get a big round flower and picking out the seeds gives them something to keep their hands busy for hours.
Another thing to consider is to make the garden fun for the kids. There are a few ways that you can do this and not spend a lot of money. One of the ways you can make it fun for the kids making a few vertical beds that they can climb on. One example would be to use bricks to building a tiered tiered garden. Another idea would be incorporating the playground equipment in the garden and make games out of taking care of the plants.
Labels:
children,
games,
gardening,
vegetables
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