12 may 2014
What child doesn't like to play in the dirt? I don't know about you, but playing in the dirt was high on my priority list when I was a kid. In fact, one of my favorite childhood memories helping my grandparents to harvest fruits and vegetables in their back garden. Apples, because my grandmother and would make homemade applesauce together each year in her kitchen.
Every summer with my grandmother, I would like to plant the seeds of a package or two and it was my job to keep that particular patch of vegetables, weeded and watered. My grandparents were quite nifty, if you ask me, because not only is my love of gardening in their backyard, but so did my love for fresh, homegrown food.
According to the University of Colorado Denver on children and gardening, "children who grow their own food are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables," so getting the kids involved in gardening in the process (to choose which vegetables to grow, digging, planting and harvesting) completely makes them more likely to try new things. The most important thing is to get the child to grow what you know they love to eat. The bulletin also cited a study of third-, fifth-graders who participated in the year's gardening program, where students ' associations (SAS) increased significantly, interpersonal skills and ability to work as a group compared to at nonparticipating students. "
The popular vegetable seeds for kids
Beans (choose the pole varieties and do a bean teepee).Peas (sugar snap peas are the best for your little ones, because of the size of the pods is edible).Carrots (try planting purple carrots).Corn (to grow part of eating and a part to dry popcorn).Tomatoes (cherry tomatoes are great for small hands).Pumpkin (large, small, or white, they're all fun to grow).Sunflower (great for cut flowers, and the harvesting of sunflower seeds).
Mavis-tips to make your child's love of gardening
Let the children choose their own seeds.Have the children save the yogurt containers or bottles of water and use them in pots.Give the children their own tools (dollar stores sell them in summer).Let them get dirty (it is best, if you ask me).Help them build a bean teepee.Specifies the name of the table at the end of your driveway and let your kiddos will sell more products or give it away to friends and neighbors.Kids + seed + dirt = fruit and vegetables to the fans for life.
What about you? Is there any good memories of gardening in your childhood? Did you have any of your favorite vegetables you loved every year?
Mavis wants to know!
Keep your calm and on the grounds.
All photos courtesy of Mavis Butterfield
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