Britesea
Sustainability Master
Kids can have a lot of fun creating these
Radishes they pop up quick and can be used to mark the rows of later germinating seeds.Alright y’all, I’m expanding my garden. I’ve got an area about 12x16 very partial shade. I’m going to have to add a lot of manure to the soil and dig it up and all. But, I’m wanting to make it super fun for some kids! We’ll probably be moving in a few years, when I finish nursing school, but until then I need a low maintenance and fun garden that produces food. Cheap of course! So far I’m thinking of beans shaped into a teepee trellis. Maybe a wishing well of used tires with something growing out of it. I want to do raised beds I think and then creeping thyme or some other soft ground cover in between the raised beds. I’m trying to come up with ideas and would love if y’all had some! I also need a fence or some barrier for small pests, not sure what to make that out of yet.
Is there anything fun and kid friendly in your garden I could adopt?
Eww tomato horn worms. The hawk moths are so cool though, so it's a catch 22 for me.
Oh! That reminds me of what we did with carrots.
Start regular carrot seeds in a seed starting tray. As soon as the seedlings have a few leaves they already have a hugely long taproot that is the thickness of a hair.
Take them out to the garden and plant them. However you put that hair taproot in the ground is how it will grow.