Keeping a gardening journal with kids for their garden is great for incorporating math, science, language, and even art! Find out how to keep a garden journal with your kids and what to put in it:
April 5, 2011
March 8, 2011
Gardening: Forcing Branches
I read in last month's Garden Gate magazine that you can force cut branches to bloom by putting them in a vase of water and wrapping the branches sticking out of the vase in plastic wrap. This provides a warm, moist environment, and they will open sooner or later, depending on the temperature in the room. Forsythia is popular for forcing but the tip didn't mention that it only worked with specific branches. Plus forsythia is already blooming here anyway.
So I decided to try it with my Bradford pear tree, which was in desperate need of a good trimming, and has had tight little buds for about a month.
March 6, 2011
Gardening: Backyard Blueprint
Can a garden have a blueprint? Well mine does, though it isn't to scale or drawn with rulers. But that is just how planny of a person I am! I love writing down plans, drawing up plans, and climbing sideways on plans. Okay just kidding on that last one. Occasionally I even execute a plan - lol!
You're probably going to drop your jaw at my garden blueprint (if you can make any of it out). I know its a bit over the top. But I really do want to grow all of our own produce this year.
The Kideos:
- "Jack" is my fun-loving high schooler, "Jill" is my creative middle schooler, "Little Bill" is my non-stop first grader, and we have an angel baby in Heaven.
