Show them how much you enjoy gardening. Spend time in your garden. It is especially easy to stimulate a child’s interests when they see you having fun.
Make gardening easy. Don’t expect a perfect garden. Allow your family to work at their own pace and within their attention spans and age range, especially children.
Dig it! Kids love to dig. This is a great way to teach the basics while letting them play and just have fun.
Let them play an active role in planning. Take your children to the local nursery and let them pick seeds or transplants to start their garden. Take your time and let them browse and enjoy all of the beautiful plants.
Grow a theme garden. This is a great way to let your children use their imagination and express their creativity. The sky is the limit. Some great ideas are gardens that coincide with the holidays, alphabet gardens, a garden themed in their favorite colors, a sensory garden where you can experience different smells, tastes, textures and sights, or a “Freedom Garden”.
Give children their own “kid sized” tools. They don’t have to be expensive. You can go with an old spoon and a bucket that you have around the house or you can venture down to the garden center and purchase garden tools made for children’s hands.
Give them a space to call their own. It doesn’t have to be big. This will teach them ownership and responsibility, and your children will be able to take credit for their own little space.
Get crafty! Press or dry flowers to make a beautiful arrangement, make potpourri, or make a pomander ball. Children love making things and will be amazed at the crafts and gifts that they can make from the garden.
Grow a vegetable garden. Your children will be amazed that they can grow their own food. Be sure to use organic pesticides.
Use gardening to brush up your children’s math and science skills. Let them count the seeds they are planting, or teach them how plants are living things. Not only will you capture their attention, you will be polishing their skills as you go.
Have a contest. Kids love to be rewarded. Be sure to give each child a reward; the biggest tomato, the prettiest flower, or perhaps the best tasting herbs (a little Spray-N-Grow will help!)
Don’t try to do it all! Pick a few of these tips that you know are best for your family and have fun with them. After all, gardening is meant to be fun and easy. And with a little help, something the whole family can enjoy.
awesome video.
informative and practical inspiration
gardening is rewarding….a farmer’s passion
Definitely sports!
Stick with a German theme, serve German food,and decorations. German beer gardens are also big on giant pretzels so how about a pretzel bar? Stock it with various cheeses and mustards and chocolate. Build a Berlin wall out of boxes and have the guests come up with inventive ways to knock it down. The winner can be crowned Ambassador of the party.
its like Pink Floyd, ” so, so ya think you can tell, heaven from hell???”
does it matter – obviously Obama is above the law so he can sign in what ever he wants – He is a dictator
It sounds like there are enough people there that the two dudes who don't like each other won't need to hang out together – they can converse with other people.
You don't say what the reason for the dispute is – too nosey to ask? Whatever triggered it – so long as that trigger-point is not present at the garden I think you'll be ok.
Cool and distant is a lot better than loud and argumentative.
Yes you an drink non-alcoholic beer anywhere even if you're under 21 as long as there is absolutely no alcohol in it. You can drink alcoholic drinks if you're under 21 as long as it is private and you're parents or legal guardian gave it to you and are supervising you.
i planted bambbo, edible cactus bananas, one avocado tree, an edible climbing plant, i have finished 2 raised beds like this out of 10 i plan to have in the end all in my 1600 sq foot garden is great is amazing how much you learn in the process, i am struggling to buy 1 acre of land. i encourage everyone to try it no matter how small is the space you have. Peace.
It looks so wonderful, I wish I lived in a climate like that! I live in a desert.. =/
it’s true…climate determines so much of our planting/foraging abilities….though, a desert can be a mecca for certain varieties….a stay in new mexico proved that true.
That must have taken alot of time to write! (unless you just found the list somewhere on the internet)
Good ways to make money, i think maybe il try some.
so where do we get design tips to attempt something like this at home?
We did not invite children to our wedding and we also did not have children as part of the wedding ceremony.
I'm not offended when the children are not invited it allows me time to actually enjoy the wedding ceremony and reception without keeping track of my children. We are going to a wedding this weekend and my oldest 2 children (ages 10 and 14) were invited but not the youngest 2 (ages 7 and 4) and I felt slightly offended at first that the oldest were OK but not the youngest until I really thought about the reasoning behind it. So we are going with the oldest 2 and will have a great time I'm sure.
Also my cousin got married a few years ago and didn't invite children but she also paid for a couple of babysitters to stay at her moms house for family members children…just a thought
Good luck and congrats!
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." -Sinclair Lewis
Your reasoning is ligitimate, and I don't blame you for not wanting your newborn baby around this woman. I don't think this woman realizes that one day her irrational behavior is going to go against her, and she will die alone. Her children will someday figure out why she behaves like she does, and then they may resent her. My suggestion is that to just stop being so generous. If she asks for money from you, flat out refuse. If she asks you to watch her kids so that she can go out, well I'd refuse unless she starts treating you like a human being instead of a dog. I know you love her children and it seems like you treat them like they're your own, but the way I see it, refuse leaving her handouts. It also sounds like that if she wants to go to lunch, she should have the decency and pride to want to take her children..it seems like she's ashamed to have them. This woman has A LOT of growing up to do.
I can somewhat relate to you..in fact I can relate to you. If she was to meet my brother-in-law, I think they would be made for each other. My brother-in-law caused so much disruption and chaos in our lives (especially mine) that I consider this man dead…not in a physical sense, but emotionally and mentally.
He seems to think that just because he has a job and makes great money, that it's ok for him to think that he's better than God, and it's perfectly fine to treat others..including my family, like trash. He seems to think that if my children do wrong that I'm not being a good parent. I've long since told him off with this comment 'If you have a problem with my children, then you have a problem with ME'. Nobody tells me how to raise my children.
I had a the final falling out with him this past winter and for awhile, it caused a gigantic rift in my marriage. The man is manipulative and will find just about any way to blame things on me. My husband at the time seemed indifferent, and that was a big problem. He caused us to be evicted from our own home, and then in turn caused me to hit rock bottom. He made it seem so convincing to my in-laws that I caused the disruption that they even stopped talking to my husband, and that they were threatening to take our children away. But the truth always has it's way of coming back to haunt you. My husband still talks to him after all he's done, but when I find him talking on the phone I just leave the room out of anger because of what that man has caused.
I believe that you're going to make a wonderful father, but putting your baby around this woman's behavior concerns me. I would just stay away from her once the baby is born. That's what I would do. Another suggestion would be is to lay the problem on the line with the family. Have a long talk with them. Perhaps make them see what this woman's intentions are if it's possible. You need to start stocking up on your ammo. though because this could cause a big fight. And like I've mentioned, just stop being generous to her if she isn't going to do the same for you. That's not going to make you into a bad person. Like the saying goes…you treat others the way you like to be treated. If she's going to treat you like crap, return the favor.
That's all I have. God Bless, and best wishes on your own family
I stumbled onto this. It’s amazing, I want to go around the U.S.A. and just plant these everywhere.
Beautiful indeed!
5 stars!
Thank you!