Comments on: Gardening with Little Helpers

By: Lauren @ Hobo Mama

Lauren @ Hobo Mama — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:03:34 +0000

I really enjoyed this one, particularly since I’m gardening with three little helpers this year. One is mine, and two are on loan. They were very enthusiastic about planting seeds. Let’s say that we didn’t exactly follow the proper spacing procedures. So far, the seeds don’t seem to care, though!

I definitely do a mix of gardening-with and gardening-without so I can keep my cool and enjoy the times I’m part of the gardening circus.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:58:50 +0000

Thanks for the reminder, Lady M. You’re right, time to drop the ‘wannabe’ status.

(And now I want to hum some Spice Girls.)

By: Lady M

Lady M — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:29:32 +0000

Yum, homegrown veggies!

Amber – remember, you’re a writer, not a wannabe writer. :)

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:42:30 +0000

Thanks everyone for all of your comments. And big thanks to Dionna for publishing my guest post. This blog swap thing was kind of fun.

Happy growing!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:07:58 +0000

This will be our third year trying to garden, and our first spring without a newborn. I’m excited to see what that does, but that also means gardening with a two and one year old… I’m very curious to see what that will look like! :)

By: Darcel

Darcel — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:24:54 +0000

I think it’s great that you garden with your kids. We keep saying we want to start a garden, but we have no idea where to start. We’re renting, but I don’t think that should make a big difference.
Your kids are too cute!

By: Mammapie

Mammapie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:09:37 +0000

Hear hear! My tot is almost 20 mo old and I’ve just begun our first container garden that she can actively participate with. I splurged and bought plants instead of seedlings for strawberries and give her her own watering can when we’re outside so her hands are busy and she doesn’t mess with the plants. It also helps that we don’t have a dog to dig in the plants and that she’s more interested in digging in her own plot of dirt than pulling up plants.

By: Marilyn @ A Lot of Loves

Marilyn @ A Lot of Loves — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:08:08 +0000

My 3-year-old son helped plant all of the seeds I started a few weeks ago. “Help” meaning he threw dirt around the laundry room and then took off with my seed packets. Once the seeds sprouted though he was interested to see what they looked like. My 17-mth-old is quite fascinated with the plants we have in the ground now. She likes to take my hand and make my hand touch the seedlings. I have high hopes for her green thumb.

By: Melodie

Melodie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:42:35 +0000

When I first opened my reader this morning I was really confused and thought something very strange had happened having recognized Hannah and Jacob right away but knowing those kidlets generally don’t belong here. Aha! Guest post!
I think the fact that you garden with your kids at a young age will influence how they eat and what they think about food when they get older. I think gardening can only be good for kids. Kudos to all of you for doing it!

By: Dionna

Dionna — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:11:55 +0000

Ah the joys of gardening with kids. This year’s garden will be my third – my third ever, and my third with Kieran. It has been a challenge each year to figure out what to do with him while I work the dirt. Last year was the easiest – he was toddling around, but he didn’t particularly care to get dirty so he mostly stayed away (and cried for me to pick him up).
This year we have barely gotten a start on our garden, but the little time we have spent out there was easier. He was more interested in the dirt and able to play for longer periods in tandem with me (rather than *with* me).
I’m excited to see his reaction to everything growing this year. Last year we went out every morning and yelled together “grow! grow!”, but I’m not sure how much he really understood.

Thanks for the guest post, Amber!