| Gardening with your family can be a good way to | | | | plants like sunflowers and the small vegetable |
| connect with your kids. While gardening can be a | | | | plants like cherry tomatoes. You can also try |
| little expensive, it doesn't have to. There are | | | | planting herbs and teach your kids how to rub |
| cheaper ways to make gardening fun and exciting | | | | them between their fingers and enjoy the scent. |
| for you and your family. | | | | Be creative and fun. Have a specific area in your |
| Start small. If you don't have a backyard or lawn, | | | | garden where your kids can dig even after your |
| you can turn your window boxes or containers | | | | gardening sessions are over. This would most |
| into mini-gardens. Set up mini-gardens in your kid's | | | | probably be their favorite part of the garden. |
| bedroom. You'll be surprised at how responsible | | | | Create games like digging the longest earthworm |
| they can be. | | | | or the deepest hole. |
| Get child-sized gardening tools. Local nurseries or | | | | Teach your kids to compost. Dig a hole in your |
| garden centers usually have gardening tools for | | | | garden and put in rinds, peels from fruits, |
| the little hands. Purchase ones that looks like the | | | | eggshells or anything that easily decomposes. It |
| real things to make your child feel like a real | | | | would take several months but afterwards, you |
| gardener. Plastic spoons and shovels can work | | | | can use the compost as fertilizers for your own |
| too, if you're on a tight budget. | | | | garden. |
| Kids love the best of both worlds. Children are | | | | Remember though, if you're working with kids, be |
| amazed at the biggest and smallest things so | | | | prepared for the not-so-perfect looking gardens. |
| when it comes to plant choices, choose huge | | | | Have fun! |