Gardening With Children

» Kirk_Johnson - Starting Young

I hated gardening when I was a child. I actually preferred to dust the living room (I also hated that chore - just not as much as weeding). Now I have a rather large garden. My grandparents gardened, so their genes must have clicked on in me a bit late

-- posted by Kirk_Johnson

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» rosyposy - Re: Starting Young

In response to message posted by Kirk_Johnson:

I had a mother who was wonderful with us as children. She always included us in her gardening, and it was "our" time together. All of us developed a love of tending the earth from her, and I must say that she always made it fun and interesting for us.

We all had our own gardens, and they weren't perfect, but they were our pride and joy. One thing she did was to subtly include us in the weeding chores. We actually had competitions to see who could get the most weeds out of a given area within a half hour or so, and the winner would get some little prize such as a candy bar or a few quarters. Mom was one smart cookie! She realized that if the only thing we kids associated gardening with was weeding and other tedious chores, we probably wouldn't have developed the life-long passion for gardening that we now share.

--Marilyn

-- posted by rosyposy

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