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Planting a Rainbow
It’s autumn in the UK and we’re planning for Spring in the garden. Last Spring we had so much fun exploring the colours of the flowers so when I picked up Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert I knew that...
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Autumn Composting Tips for Kids
It’s Autumn in the northern hemisphere and the perfect time to start getting composting. Here are some great composting tips for kids and yourselves to make sure come spring you have the best compost...
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Winter Gardening : Preparing the Garden for Winter Wildlife
This past weekend our family was busy doing some winter gardening. It is late fall and time to close up for the season. Before we started trimming and raking, we took a little time to think about who...
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Growing Rhubarb
One of the earliest foods ready for picking in our vegetable garden each year is rhubarb – whether you are making my favourite rhubarb crumble or using it to stew and serve with custard (another...
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Seedling Labels
Check out these wonderful seedling labels and simple biodegradable pots from Life At the Zoo. Rainy Day Mum where she shares crafts, cooking, exploring the outdoors and play ideas to make every day...
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Growing Tomatoes
Growing your own is a great way to get kids to try new food and expand what they do it. Heinz Ketchup are encouraging you to grow your own tomatoes this year providing seeds via their Heinz Ketchup UK...
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Sunflowers for Summer
One of the joys of spring to summer is to host your own sunflower growing contest that you can have as a family – the prize – keep the seeds of the winning sunflowers to grow more next year. With a...
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The Carrot Seed – Gardening with Books
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss is a wonderful book about a little boy planting a carrot seed and watching it grow – as part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids it inspired...
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Growing Carrots from Seeds
The garden is warming up and we’ve started planting out in the beds. Some carrots seem a perfect idea as both of my kids will eat them so with 2 varieties – an Early and a Autumn we should be covered...
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Planting Pumpkins
Way back in the Autumn for Halloween we got our pumpkin from the Farm shop near home, opened the top and the kids and I had a very messy morning removing the seeds from it – some we toasted others we...
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