Introducing Gardening to Children - the Joy of Growing Your Own Food...
When you get children to garden, they will never have to know hunger, if they know how to grow their own food!
And the great thing about gardening with kids is they are naturally draw to the wonders that can be found there. From the sprouting seeds, being able to harvest food right in your own garden plus exploring many other aspects of nature.
When you get your children started gardening you want to ensure they have some early success so they are drawn to continue on and become lifelong gardeners!
Bringing Out the Potential of Children - Gardeners
Excerpt from "Bringing Out the Potential of Children Volume 2 Gardeners"
To set your children up for success
• Start with a small plot that’s easy for them to manage. Make it a spot of their very own even if that spot is just one container they are growing in. You can always add more containers later or expand their growing area when they are ready for it.
• Make sure they are involved in every aspect of the creation of their garden. By everything, I mean EVERYTHING - from the choosing of their gardening spot, planting and caring for their garden and be sure it’s them who do the harvesting and bringing in their goodies to add to the table. No matter how small the contribution, it’s important they see that they can add to the family food supply and wellbeing.
• Come prepared to help out a little 'behind the scene' with things they may not be ready for yet. You may need to do some pest control, or move the sprinkler around or perhaps some of the initial breaking of the ground. Let them do whatever they are capable of, remembering that the child's 'ownership' of the plot is the main thing.
• Never rush things. Give your child lots of time to explore, bringing out their sense of wonderment and curiosity. There is a whole lot happening in the garden they’ll want to check out and you’ll find there is no greater joy than that from a child who has cultivated plants in his or her own vegetable garden.
• A picture is worth a thousand words. Never tell kids something you could show them.
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We already have tunnels here in a few primary schools, as farmers kids learn all about farming from a very young age. Many of the successful farmers today were in the same schools.
All kids should learn at an early stage.
You are doing great work my friend!
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Glad to hear you have that set up for the young kids and that the knowledge is getting passed on.
These are some great tips and yes I believe all children find gardening really interesting when we get them involved in it at a young age and maybe that is something they should teach in schools.
I work with the young kids (Pre-K) in school and we do lots of gardening projects.
We grow Tiny Tim tomatoes so each child gets a fruit bearing plant to take home at the end of the year.
We grow different sprouts for the kids to have as snacks and we even plant one woman's garden - pretty funking planting but the kids did it and it produced really well!
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My brother and I used to help turn over the garden every spring, plant the new seeds and water and weed them as grew. It was really great fun, but the best part was the area they set aside for us to grow whatever we wanted. that experience stuck with both of us as we became adults and we involved our children in our own backyard gardens. It helps promote both a love of nature and a knowledge of what actually goes into growing food and harvesting food for the table. And there's nothing more fun than seeing those first shoots poke their head above the soil, except maybe harvesting the fresh veggies come fall. A great experience that I believe also helps strengthen family ties. So glad to see you helping to introduce the joys and benefits of gardening to families everywhere.
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Wonderful that you took part in the gardening at a young age and that you seemed to enjoy it, becoming a life long gardener and that the families are passing on that knowledge to the kids!
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Thanks for the great tip I will get it over to those groups!
Yes, children and gardens go together beautifully! My kids used to garden with me, and they each had their own little plot. I'm not sure I was that great of a gardening teacher, but we did have fun. And they had the cutest little frog boots!
Ahh cute! Hey, as long as you had fun and the kids were getting their hands in the dirt learning a little something about growing their own food, I'm sure they benefited from it!
This is really a great concept. Who are living in a city may not get the opportunity to follow this. But I think we can we can start it by indoor plants or so.
Thanks for sharing.
Yes, you can do container gardening or even just growing sprouts or micro-greens and expand as you can.
I am giving it a thought! Thanks for your suggestions. 😁
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This is truly beautiful @porters! You are so talented and bring such wisdom to parents :) We have always had gardens, both daughters love fresh fruits and veggies, you can't start too early!
That's true - get them out and involved in the garden , growing and eating that fresh food!