Gardening With Children

Oh I am SO THANKFUL for Nancy! I had a wonderful time of fellowship with her the other day. The weather was beautiful and the children and I were out hiking when we got the call that we could come over and do some gardening stuff with Nancy and her family. As soon as I told my children, MM (3yr, near 4) ran up to a total stranger (a boy no less) and jumped up and down telling him about how we were going to help Mrs. B with her garden! It was so precious.

Her oldest daughter showed us how to make potting holders out of newspaper (so we can start our seedlings and then transplant them RIGHT into the garden in the newspaper). If you search the web for an origami pen box (or something similar) then make it much bigger (about 1/4 of a sheet of newspaper), you will have a good size. Here are a few pictures:











Nancy is one of those ladies who you just want to sit at her feet all day and learn! And when she makes a book recommendation, you don't check it out for yourself first and then buy it, you just BUY it and know it is good. I had to wait to post this till I had gone to PaperBack Swap and gotten my copies (or at least put them on my wishlist!). :)

So both are by the same author. If you love daisy crowns, rosebud necklaces, hollyhock dolls and other garden crafts that one might see in the days of Little House on the Prairie, or if you just want to involve your kids more in nature and gardening, these two books are a MUST have!

First up is Sunflower Houses by Sharon Lovejoy. The pictures are beautiful and it has the most AMAZING things in it! Imagine a circle garden that is actually a clock! Certain flowers do certain things at certain times of day! Find out which ones sleep at 3pm and which ones bloom at 2am!! How about a great way to teach the ABC's? A garden where each flower is a letter of the alphabet. Oh I could go on and on! And of course, it tells you how to make the most beautiful sunflower houses and those little garden crafts mentioned above!!

Second is Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots by Sharon Lovejoy. Wow oh Wow oh WOW!!! The pictures are wonderful! And so many wonderful activities to do with your children in the garden!! Fun fun fun fun FUN!!!!

I was able to check out the above books from my library while waiting to get them for free. :) If your library does not have them, you should ask your librarian about the InterLibrary Loan. This is where you can get library books from other libraries (even out of state) at no cost to you.