Gardening for kids

In Roots, Shoots, Buckets, & Boots, Sharon Lovejoy strings an enchanting tale as she writes about a subject she loves, and it is obvious in her book. She describes wonderful garden creations that are sure to have you children oohing and awing in their glee. Not only will you learn about the proper plants and tools to use but Lovejoy leaves a trail of interesting facts, about nature, for you to discover as you turn the pages. She fills the book with instructions about vegetable gardens, and flower gardens. Some of the gardens in the book need a few more adults if you want to get things done but Lovejoy provides clear steps to follow on how to get that garden planted. Your children will hardly be able to wait once they've seen some of the projects in the book. Of course be aware that some of the flower plants included in this book are dangerous if consumed or comes in contact with a scrape or cut in the skin. You don't want any poisonous plants anywhere near your herb garden. Although some of these plants can be beautiful, it is best not to have them anywhere near your children, because even the older ones can make a mistake. If you are intrigued by the gardens that have those flowers hold off on planting the gardens or find a substitute. Some of the flowers to be weary of are Morning glories, jasmine tobacco, four-o-clocks, and moon flowers which have either poisonous leaves, seeds, or roots. Don't let your children near them.

You want to garden with your children, but maybe you want more kid activities. Well Garden Wizardry for kids, may be the book for you. Gardening is nice but your son or daughter really likes to get into stuff. You might need to find a book that has a lot of gardening experiments to let your child try. This book will have you daughter asking questions about plants left and right, and you don't have to worry because the answers will be at hand. Or you'll have to do a little growing/gardening experiment to find the answer out. This book has activities for outdoors, indoors, and has hills of information on veggie folklore.

A Kid's Herb Book is an easy to read introduction to herbalism. You might find it difficult to give it to you kids to read once you've read the first page. It has a number of items included in this books. Stories about each herb at the beginning of a chapter, easy to follow recipes and instructions. Your child will read about salves and other things they can use herbs to do. If you're looking for a simple written book that describes herbs and what they are for clearly this is the book for you.